mountebank
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mountebanks, plural;
/ˈmountiˌbaNGk/,
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mountebanks, plural;
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A person who deceives others, esp. in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan
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A person who sold patent medicines in public places
Web Definitions:
- a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
- (The Mountebanks) The Mountebanks is a comic opera in two acts with music by Alfred Cellier and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was first produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 4 January 1892, for a run of 229 performances. It then toured and also had a short Broadway run in 1893. ...
- One who sells dubious medicines; One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan; To act as a mountebank
- (mountebanks) fake doctors who sell quack medicine. (Othello)
- The man with the sales pitch before the show in a street environment. Classically selling remedy for snake bite. Often he/she is a Charlatan.
- a confidence artist. The meaning of the term derives from the practice of a man who mounted a bench in a public place such as a market in order to boast about fake medicine or similar goods for sale.
- seller if ineffectual patent medicines
- (moun'tə-băngk') a person who sells quack medicines from a platform; a boastful unscrupulous pretender; charlatan.
- quack, seller of false potions, usually accompanied by a clown or monkey, stands on mount, bank or stage to make a (medicine) show