mountebank
21mountebank — moun·te·bank || maÊŠntɪbæŋk n. charlatan, impostor; person who sells counterfeit drugs from a public place, one who pretends to be a doctor giving phony medical advice …
22mountebank — [ maʊntɪbaŋk] noun 1》 a person who deceives others. 2》 historical a person who sold patent medicines in public. Derivatives mountebankery noun Origin C16: from Ital. montambanco, from the imperative phr. monta in banco! climb on the bench! (with… …
23mountebank — n. Pretender, charlatan, empiric, quack, quack doctor …
24mountebank — noun (C) literary a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people …
25mountebank — n charlatan, quack, quack doctor, quacksalver, Archaic. empiric; pretender, imposter, impersonator, Sl. ringer; sham, shammer, bluff, bluffer, Inf. phony; huckster, pitchman, snake oil man, medicine man, fast talker, Sl. spieler, Sl. hot air… …
26mountebank — moun·te·bank …
27mountebank — n. 1 a swindler; a charlatan. 2 a clown. 3 hist. an itinerant quack appealing to an audience from a platform. Derivatives: mountebankery n. Etymology: It. montambanco = monta in banco climb on bench: see MOUNT(1), BENCH …
28quack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. charlatan, quacksalver, mountebank. See deception, falsehood, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unprincipled, pretentious, dissembling; see dishonest 1 , 2 , false 1 . n. Syn. charlatan,… …
29Charlatan — For other uses, see Charlatan (disambiguation). Swindler redirects here. For other uses, see Swindler (disambiguation). Pietro Longhi: The Charlatan, 1757 A charlatan (also called swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or some… …
30charlatan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. quack, pretender, fraud, mountebank. See deception, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quack, pretender, fraud; see cheat 1 , impostor , quack . See Synonym Study at quack . III (Roget s 3… …
