mountebank

moun·te·bank

 (moun′tə-băngk′)

n.

1. A hawker of quack medicines who attracts customers with stories, jokes, or tricks.

2. A flamboyant charlatan.

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[Italian montambanco, from the phrase monta im banco, one gets up onto the bench : monta, one gets up, third person sing. present tense of montare, to get up (from Vulgar Latin *montāre; see mount¹) + in, on, onto (from Latin; see in-²) + banco, bench (variant of banca, from Old Italian, bench, table, from Old High German bank).]

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mountebank

(ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk)

n

1. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places

2. (Medicine) (formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places

3. a charlatan; fake

vb

(intr) to play the mountebank

[C16: from Italian montambanco a climber on a bench, from montare to mount² + banco bench (see also bank¹)]

ˌmounteˈbankery n

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moun•te•bank

(ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk)

n.

1. one who sells quack medicines, appealing to an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.

2. a charlatan.

v.i.

3. to play the mountebank.

[1570–80; < Italian montimbanco one who climbs on a bench]

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mountebank

Past participle: mountebanked
Gerund: mountebanking

Imperative

mountebank

mountebank

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes charlatan 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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mountebank

noun

One who fakes:

charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, phony, pretender, quack.

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Translations

charlatan

impostore

барыга

mountebank

[ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk] N → saltabanco m, saltimbanqui m

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mountebank

n → Quacksalber m, → Scharlatan m

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