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one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
- the medical impostors on the information superhighway are no more scrupulous than earlier quacksalvers who traveled along the streets of towns and villages
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- ace,
- adept,
- authority,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- expert,
- maestro,
- master,
- past master,
- professional,
- virtuoso,
- whiz,
- wizard
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The first known use of quacksalver was in 1579
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