Dutch Meaning of mountebank

Kwakzalver

Other Dutch words related to Kwakzalver

Definitions and Meaning of mountebank in English

Wordnet

mountebank (n)

a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

Webster

mountebank (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.

Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

Webster

mountebank (v. t.)

To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.

Webster

mountebank (v. i.)

To play the mountebank.

FAQs About the word mountebank

Kwakzalver

a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokesOne who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill i

kwakzalver,bedrieger,nep,vervalser,fraude,Misleider,vals,pretendent,kwakzalver,schijn

aas,bedreven,autoriteit,expert,dirigent,meester,Grootmeester,professional,virtuoos,whizzkid

mountant => berg, mountance => berg, mountainside => berghelling, mountainousness => bergachtig, mountainous => bergachtig,