mountebank
11mountebank — I. noun Etymology: Italian montimbanco, from montare to mount + in in, on + banco, banca bench Date: 1577 1. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform 2. a boastful unscrupulous pretender ; charlatan • mountebankery noun II …
12mountebank — mountebankery /mown teuh bangk euh ree/, n. /mown teuh bangk /, n. 1. a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2. any charlatan or quack. v.i. 3 …
13mountebank — moun·te·bank mau̇nt i .baŋk n an itinerant hawker of pills and patent medicines esp. from a platform: QUACK <bought an unction of a mountebank (Shak.)> …
14mountebank — moun•te•bank [[t]ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk[/t]] n. 1) one who sells quack medicines, appealing to an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc 2) a charlatan 3) to play the mountebank • Etymology: 1570–80; < It montimbanco one who climbs on a bench …
15mountebank — /ˈmaʊntəbæŋk / (say mowntuhbangk) noun 1. someone who sells quack medicines from a platform in public places, appealing to the audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2. any charlatan or quack. –verb (i) 3. to play the mountebank. {Italian… …
16mountebank — Synonyms and related words: artist, artiste, belly dancer, blagueur, bluff, bluffer, burlesque queen, charlatan, cheat, chorine, chorus boy, chorus girl, con man, confidence man, conjurer, coryphee, dancer, dancing girl, defrauder, ecdysiast,… …
17mountebank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. charlatan, quack. See deception. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pretender, charlatan, huckster; see cheat 1 , impostor , quack . See Synonym Study at quack . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. charlatan,… …
18mountebank — moun|te|bank [ˈmauntıbæŋk] n literary [Date: 1500 1600; : Italian; Origin: montimbanco, from monta in banco get on the bench ; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface] a dishonest person who tricks and deceives… …
19mountebank — moun|te|bank [ mauntə,bæŋk ] noun count OLD FASHIONED someone who pretends to be someone they are not or pretends to be able to do things they cannot do: FRAUD …
20mountebank — A charlatan …
