mountebank

mountebank
n
charlatan, quack, quack doctor, quacksalver, Archaic. empiric; pretender, imposter, impersonator, Sl. ringer; sham, shammer, bluff, bluffer, Inf. phony; huckster, pitchman, snake oil man, medicine man, fast-talker, Sl. spieler, Sl. hot-air artist; fraud, fake, Inf. faker, thimblerigger, carpetbagger, crimp, Inf. bunko steerer, Inf. bunko artist; cheat, deceiver, swindler, confidence man, Inf. con man; Sl. shill, Sl. decoy, Sl. come-on man, Sl. plant, Sl. capper; trickster, chiseler, hoaxer, fourflusher, defrauder, cozener, beguiler, allurer; adventurer, knave, rogue, rascal, Cagliostro.

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  • Mountebank — Mount e*bank, v. i. To play the mountebank. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mountebank — Mount e*bank, n. [It. montimbanco, montambanco; montare to mount + in in, upon + banco bench. See {Mount}, and 4th {Bank}.] 1. One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mountebank — [mount′ə baŋk΄] n. [It montambanco < montare,MOUNT2 + in, on + banco, a bench: see BANK1] 1. Archaic a person who mounted a bench, or platform, in a public place and sold quack medicines, usually attracting an audience by tricks, stories, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Mountebank — Mount e*bank, v. t. To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mountebank — may refer to: Charlatan, a swindler Monte Bank, a card game Three card Monte, a confidence game The Mountebanks, a comic opera by Alfred Cellier and W. S. Gilbert This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • mountebank — (n.) a doctor that mounts a bench in the market, and boasts his infallible remedies and cures [Johnson], 1570s, from It. montambanco, contraction of monta in banco quack, juggler, lit. mount on bench (to be seen by crowd), from monta, imperative… …   Etymology dictionary

  • mountebank — n *impostor, faker, charlatan, quack …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mountebank — [n] charlatan cheat, con man/woman*, grifter, imposter, rip off artist*, swindler; concept 412 …   New thesaurus

  • mountebank — ► NOUN ▪ a swindler. ORIGIN originally meaning a person who sold patent medicines in public places : from Italian monta in banco! climb on the bench! , with allusion to the raised platform used by mountebanks to attract an audience …   English terms dictionary

  • mountebank — 1. noun /ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/ a) One who sells dubious medicines There is nothing so impossible in Nature but mountebanks will undertake; nothing so incredible but they will affirm. John Bull b) One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan.… …   Wiktionary

  • mountebank — I. noun Etymology: Italian montimbanco, from montare to mount + in in, on + banco, banca bench Date: 1577 1. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform 2. a boastful unscrupulous pretender ; charlatan • mountebankery noun II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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