mountebank

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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.

Koncepcje

szarlatan

sztukmistrz

Synonimy

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

Tłumaczenia

charlatan

charlatán

kwakzalver

curandeiro

capadócio

impostor

bedrieger

Marktschreier

Quacksalber

impostore

ciarlatano

charlatão

αγύρτης

accaparratore

Gaukler

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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