mountebanks

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Definition of mountebanks in English English dictionary: plural of mountebank; third-person singular of mountebank
mountebank: One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan
mountebank: To act as a mountebank
Chide me no more. I'll mountebank their loves,Cog their hearts from them, and come home beloved - Coriolanus, Wm. Shakespeare.
mountebank: {n} the rise or ascent made by a hawk
mountebank: {v} to cheat, gull, impose upon
mountebank: a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people (montimbanco, from monta in banco ; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface)
mountebank: One who sells dubious medicines
mountebank: To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull
mountebank: a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
mountebank: Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack
mountebank: 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
mountebank: {i} charlatan, impostor; person who sells counterfeit drugs from a public place, one who pretends to be a doctor giving phony medical advice
mountebank: To play the mountebank

mountebanks

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[ 'maun-ti-"ba[ng]k ] (noun.) 1577. Italian montimbanco, from montare to mount + in in, on + banco, banca bench; more at BANK.

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