saludador

English

Noun

saludador (plural saludadors or saludadores)

1. (obsolete) A quack doctor who used incantations in an attempt to cure.

Related terms

• salutary

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salutātor

Noun

saludador m (plural saludadores)

1. greeter
2. quack, quack doctor

Related terms

• saludar
• saludo

 

Further reading

• “saludador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10