mountebank
mountebank [ MOUN-tuh’-bangk ] | |
[ noun, intransitive verb ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. (n.) one who, in a public place or from a platform, tells audiences stories and tricks them into buying quack medicines from himself or herself 2. (n.) a charlatan, boastful pretender or quack 3. (intr.v.) to operate, behave or act like a charlatan or mountebank | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
The mountebank was arrested by the police on charges of selling drugs without prescriptions. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
It somehow comes as no surprise to discover that this prince of mountebanks was also a close friend of the Duke of Windsor. |
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