English dictionary
mountebank
/'m/AU/nt/@/,b/&//N/k/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Synonyms charlatanSource: WordNet 3.0
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One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infallible remedies; a quack doctor.
Source: webster1913
verb
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To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
Source: webster1913
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To play the mountebank.
Source: webster1913