mountebank (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mountebank*:
NOUN	person	mountebank, charlatan	a flamboyant deceiver

English > *mountebank*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes.
Synonym	charlatan
Narrower	phrenologist, craniologist	someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull
Narrower	quack	An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
Broader	deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Spanish	charlatan de feria, charlatán, embaucador, sacamuelas, saltabanco, saltabancos, saltimbanqui
Catalan	saltimbanqui, xarlatà

HyperDic: mountebank