Definition of Mountebank

1. Noun. A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes.

Exact synonyms: Charlatan
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Specialized synonyms: Craniologist, Phrenologist, Quack

Definition of Mountebank

1. 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 infallible remedies; a quack doctor.

2. v. t. To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.

3. v. i. To play the mountebank.

Definition of Mountebank

1. Noun. One who sells dubious medicines ¹

2. Noun. One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To act as a mountebank ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mountebank

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Mountebank

1. 1. 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. "Such is the weakness and easy credulity of men, that a mountebank . Is preferred before an able physician." (Whitlock) 2. Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack. "Nothing so impossible in nature but mountebanks will undertake." (Arbuthnot) Origin: It. Montimbanco, montambanco; montare to mount + in in, upon + banco bench. See Mount, and 4th Bank. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountebank

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mountebank (current term)
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