Mountebank Synonyms & Definitions

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• MountebankDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. i.) To play the mountebank.
2. (v. t.) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
3. (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.
4. (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

• MountebankismDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.