CHARLATAN
mountebank, charlatan
(noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
charlatan (plural charlatans)
(obsolete) A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
Synonyms: trickster, swindler, Thesaurus:deceiver
Source: Wiktionary
Char"la*tan, n. Etym: [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.]
Definition: One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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