puoskari — meaning in English
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English meaning
- charlatan noun A person who pretends to have skill or knowledge they don't actually have, usually to trick people out of money.
- medicaster noun A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- quack noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.
- quacksalver noun One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
Senses
puoskari is used for these senses in English:
- charlatan A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
- medicaster (dated, now, chiefly, literary) A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- quack (pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]
- quacksalver (archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack. [from c. 1570]