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 Definitions of charlatan  [ˈʃɑr lə tn]  

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Definition of 'charlatan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) charlatan
a person who pretends to special knowledge or skill that he or she does not possess; quack; fraud.

Etymology:  (1595–1605; < MF < It ciarlatano, b. ciarlatore chatterer and cerretano hawker, quack, lit., native of Cerreto a village in Umbria)

Definition of 'charlatan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mountebank, charlatan
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes


Definition of 'charlatan' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) charlatan
one who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank



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