mountebank
a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.
any charlatan or quack.
to act or operate as a mountebank.
Origin of mountebank
1Other words for mountebank
Other words from mountebank
- moun·te·bank·er·y [moun-tuh-bangk-uh-ree], /ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk ə ri/, noun
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How to use mountebank in a sentence
William Read died; originally a cobbler, became a mountebank, and practiced medicine by the light of nature!
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellSurely, if one such mountebank can cheer her thus, she shall be fed on white magic each day.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisI'm better than a young mountebank—I've vanity enough to say that.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesFor my gibbosities tickled the taste of a travelling mountebank.
The Proud Prince | Justin Huntly McCarthyI have really, then, the vastly prodigious honour to be exalted in your fair graces to the level of a mountebank?
Camilla | Fanny Burney
British Dictionary definitions for mountebank
/ (ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk) /
(formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places
a charlatan; fake
(intr) to play the mountebank
Origin of mountebank
1Derived forms of mountebank
- mountebankery, noun
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