mountebank

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. One who sells dubious medicines.
2. One who sells by deception; a con artist.
3. Any boastful, false pretender.
4. (obsolete) An acrobat.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
2. (transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.

Konzepte

Marktschreier

Quacksalber

Gaukler

Kurpfuscher

Scharlatan

Schwindler

Synonyme

charlatan

quack

quacksalver

fraud

performer of tricks

phony

impostor

actor

comedian

imposter

fake doctor

mumper

acrobat

pole-dancer

antic

circulator

fake

fortune teller

hoodwinker

humbug

pretender

rogue

swindler

Übersetzungen

charlatan

charlatán

kwakzalver

impostor

charlatão

curandeiro

ciarlatano

αγύρτης

bedrieger

accaparratore

capadócio

impostore

saltambanco

saltimbanco

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From archaic Italian montambanco (“quack who mounts a bench to hawk his wares”), contracted from monta-in-banco (“mount on bench”).