Found 2 items, similar to Charlatan.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: charlatan
charlatan
n : a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with
tricks or jokes [syn:
mountebank]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Charlatan
Charlatan
\Char"la*tan\, n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano,
fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It.
zirlare to whistle like a thrush.]
One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable
pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
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