Synonyms for mountebank

Grammar : Noun

Spell : moun-tuh-bangk

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk

Définition of mountebank

Origin : "a doctor that mounts a bench in the market, and boasts his infallible remedies and cures" [Johnson], 1570s, from Italian montambanco, contraction of monta in banco "quack, juggler," literally "mount on bench" (to be seen by crowd), from monta, imperative of montare "to mount" (see mount (v.)) + banco, variant of banca "bench" (see bank (n.2)). Figurative and extended senses from 1580s.

noun charlatan

Example sentences :

It was not of the least use to me that I knew he was not the illustrious general, but simply a mountebank.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

If I were a mountebank or a charlatan I would claim that it cures a hundred diseases.
Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland

As a mountebank, a juggler, a quack doctor—I spurned the very idea.
Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat

Anything less would condemn a man as a fool or a mountebank.
Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson

But his natural gift was to be a mountebank, a clown, a circus Hercules.
Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford

You must often have had your head against this mountebank jacket of mine.
Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke

"So this going about as a mountebank is only a masquerade," she said, with a touch of scorn.
Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke

He went into the market and found a mountebank there, which was what he wanted.
Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11 » by Various

I feared the woman had no better thought than to make a mountebank of her child!
Extract from : « The Scarlet Letter » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

It is profane to associate Jeanne's pure and beautiful name with that of a mountebank.
Extract from : « Jeanne d'Arc » by Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant

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