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1. (n.) mountebank
one who sells quack medicines, appealing to an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.
2. mountebank
a charlatan.
3. (v.i.) mountebank
to play the mountebank.
Etymology: (1570–80; < It montimbanco one who climbs on a bench)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) mountebank, charlatan
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
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1. (noun) mountebank
one who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor
2. (noun) mountebank
any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack
3. (verb) mountebank
to cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull
4. (verb) mountebank
to play the mountebank
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