quacktitioner en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of quack (“charlatan doctor”) + practitioner.
Meanings
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(humorous) A medical, or other, practitioner of dubious merit.
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:“What Mrs. Malaprop might justly call a quacktitioner, perhaps.”
1866, Sarah Hammond Palfrey, Herman: Or, Young Knighthood, volume I, page 120:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quacktitioners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |