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31impostor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fake[r]; masquerader, pretender, fraud. See deception. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pretender, charlatan, quack, fraud, impersonator, masquerader, mountebank, deceiver, dissembler, sham, hypocrite, fake*,… …
32quack — noun a quack selling fake medicines Syn: swindler, charlatan, mountebank, trickster, fraud, fraudster, impostor, hoaxer; informal con man, snake oil salesman, shark, grifter •• quack, charlatan, dissembler, fake, impostor, mountebank There are… …
33impostor — impostor, faker, quack, mountebank, charlatan denote a person who makes pretensions to being someone or something that he is not or of being able to do something he cannot really do. Impostor applies especially to one who passes himself off for… …
34moun|te|bank — «MOWN tuh bangk», noun, verb. –n. 1. anybody who tries to deceive people by tricks, stories, and jokes; charlatan: »He has a reputation as one of the most corrupt and unimaginative mountebanks in Brazilian politics (New Republic). I am a natural… …
35sal|tim|ban|co — «SAL tihm BANG koh», noun. a mountebank; quack. ╂[< Italian saltimbanco < saltare to leap + in on + banco bench. Compare etym. under mountebank. (Cf. ↑mountebank)] …
36Ossian — This article is about cycle of poems by James Macpherson and their main character. For the character from Irish mythology, see Oisín. For other uses, see Ossian (disambiguation). Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of Fallen French Heroes, Anne Louis… …
37Wright brothers — Orville Wright Photo: 1903 Born August 19 …
38The Magician (Tarot card) — card, often numbered 0. Iconography In French, the Magician is called Le Bateleur , the mountebank or the sleight of hand artist , a practitioner of stage magic. The Italian tradition calls him Il Bagatto or Il Bagatello , words of uncertain… …
39Tarot of Marseilles — Tarot de Marseilles The Hermit or L Hermite Major Arcana from the early 18th century Tarot of Jean Dodal Style of Card : Tarot Origin: Marseille Designer: Anonymous; traditional Purpose: Recreation and Divination Structure: 22 Trumps or …
40motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
