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noun - a flamboyant deceiver
A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
CHARLATAN - A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick or deception in order to obtain m...
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From the Italian for "chatter", it's a person who claims knowledge or skill he doesn't have |
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A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge a quack or fraud. |
a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill. |
a flamboyant deceiver one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes |
A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill. |
a person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have, especially in medicine |
a person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that the person does not actually have |
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A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick or deception in order to obtain money, fame or other advantages via some form of pretense or deception. Synonyms for "charlatan" include "shyster", "quack", or "faker". "Mountebank" comes from the Italian montambanco or montimbanco based on the phrase monta in banco - literally referring to the action of a seller of dubious medicines getting up on a bench to address his audience of potential customers. "Quack" is a reference to "quackery" or the practice of dubious medicine or a person who does not have actual medical training who purports to provide medical services. |