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quacktitioner

quacktitioner noun: a medical, or other, practitioner of dubious merit.

Noun

quacktitioner (plural quacktitioners)

  1. (humorous) A medical, or other, practitioner of dubious merit.
    • “What Mrs. Malaprop might justly call a quacktitioner, perhaps.”1866, Sarah Hammond Palfrey, Herman: Or, Young Knighthood, volume I, page 120
    • In this business of pluviculture (as I have nicely named it) the operator (aptly called a "quacktitioner") promises showers on a thirsty land.1927, D.S. Jordan, chapter II, in Higher Foolishness, page 66

Forms of quacktitioner

pluralquacktitioners

Origin of quacktitioner

Blend of quack (“charlatan doctor”) + practitioner.

Questions about quacktitioner

What does quacktitioner mean?
Quacktitioner means a medical, or other, practitioner of dubious merit.
What part of speech is quacktitioner?
Quacktitioner is a noun.
What is the plural of quacktitioner?
The plural of quacktitioner is quacktitioners.

Words near quacktitioner in the dictionary

  1. quacksalvers
  2. quacksalvery
  3. quacksalving
  4. quackster
  5. quacksters
  6. quacktitioner
  7. quacktitioners
  8. quacky
  9. quad
  10. quad bike
  11. quad bikes

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