kwakzalver
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈkʋɑkˌsɑlvər/
noun
Definitions
- A quacksalver, fake healer
- (generalised) A swindler, cheater, fraud, hustler
Etymology
Affix from Dutch, Flemish kwakzalven.
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
kwakzalven
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quacksalver English
- quacksalvery English
- Quacksalber German
- Quacksalberei German
- kwakzalven Dutch, Flemish
- kwakzalverij Dutch, Flemish
- kwaksalver Middle Dutch
- quacsalven Middle Dutch