Definition of charlatans Charlatans

/ʃɑˈɹlʌtʌnz/ - [sharlutunz] -

We found 3 definitions of charlatans from 2 different sources.

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What does charlatans mean?

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  • charlatans (Noun)
    Plural of charlatan.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

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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  • charlatan (Noun)
    A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

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

  • 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 📕

  • charlatan
    shär′la-tan, n. a mere talking pretender: a quack.—adj. Charlatan′ic.—ns. Char′latanism, Char′latanry. [Fr.,—It. ciarlatanociarlare, to chatter, an imit. word.]

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