Hypertext Webster Gateway: "charlatan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Charlatan \Char"la*tan\, n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano,
fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It.
zirlare to whistle like a thrush.]
One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable
pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
charlatan
n : a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with
tricks or jokes [syn: {mountebank}]
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