Uk English Meaning of mountebank
Mountebank
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Definitions and Meaning of mountebank in English
mountebank (n)
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
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.
mountebank (v. t.)
To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull.
mountebank (v. i.)
To play the mountebank.
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Mountebank
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
quack,deceiver,fake,faker,fraud,Misleader,phoney,pretender,quack,sham
_ace_,adept,authority,expert,maestro,master,Past master,professional,virtuoso,whizz-kid
mountant => mountain, mountance => mountain, mountainside => mountainside, mountainousness => mountainous, mountainous => mountainous,
