Definition of charlatan Charlatan
/ʃɑˈɹlʌtʌn/ - [sharlutun] - char•la•tan
We found 7 definitions of charlatan from 6 different sources.
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What does charlatan mean?
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| charlatan - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | ||
| mountebank | ||
| cheater, deceiver, beguiler, slicker, trickster, cheat someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||
| craniologist, phrenologist someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- charlatan (n.)
One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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charlatan
A person fraudulently claiming knowledge and skills not possessed. -
charlatan
Someone who practices medicine without proper qualifications and/or promotes ineffective medical treatments.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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charlatan
shär′la-tan, n. a mere talking pretender: a quack.—adj. Charlatan′ic.—ns. Char′latanism, Char′latanry. [Fr.,—It. ciarlatano—ciarlare, to chatter, an imit. word.]
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🔤- charlatan, noun, singular of charlatans.
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