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. [1913 Webster]