noun
medicaster
Medicaster (noun) means (derogatory) A person who falsely claims to have medical knowledge.
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(derogatory) A person who falsely claims to have medical knowledge.
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Etymology
Comes from French médicastre or Italian medicastro, from Late Latin medicaster, from Latin medicus (“a doctor, a physician; a surgeon”) plus -aster (a suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance, which are thus usually pejorative).
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What is the meaning of medicaster?
"medicaster" (noun) means (derogatory) A person who falsely claims to have medical knowledge.
What is another word for medicaster?
Other words for "medicaster" include quack, quacksalver.
