charlatan

char·la·tan  (shärl-tn)

n.

A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.

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[French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.]

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charla·tanic (-tnk), charla·tani·cal adj.

charla·tan·ism, charla·tan·ry n.

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charlatan [shar-lat-tan]

Noun

a person who claims expertise that he or she does not have [Italian ciarlare to chatter]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

charlatan - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes mountebank beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true craniologist, phrenologist - someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

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charlatan

noun fraud, cheat, fake, sham, pretender, quack, con man (informal) impostor, fraudster, swindler, mountebank, grifter (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. phoney or phony (informal) rorter Austral. (slang) rogue trader

Translations

charlatan [ˈʃɑːlətən] n → charlatán m

charlatan [ˈʃɑːlətən] n → Scharlatan m

charlatan [ˈʃɑːlətən] n → ciarlatano