QUACK (medical impostor)
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANDREW a clown, a mountebank → 1839 Eng. dial.
► BALADINE ► BALLADINE a theatrical dancer; a mountebank, a buffoon → 1599 obs.
► CRANK DOCTOR a quack → 1981 Amer. dial.
► MED-MAN a quack or a patent medicine seller → 1930s US sl.
► QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies → 1579
► QUACKSTER a quack, a quacksalver → 1709 obs.
► SALTIMBANCO a mountebank; a quack → 1646
► SANGRADO a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge → 1820
► SANGRADOR a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge → 1832
► SAPIENT a travelling quack → c1535 UK criminals’ sl.