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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