About The Word Charlatan
Learn about the word Charlatan to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Charlatan definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Charlatan
| Charlatan Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Charlatan?
[n] a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Charlatan: mountebank Related Terms | Find terms related to Charlatan: blagueur | bluff | bluffer | charlatanic | charlatanish | fake | faker | fourflusher | fraud | horse doctor | humbug | impersonator | impostor | malingerer | medicaster | medicine man | medicine monger | mountebank | phony | poser | poseur | pretender | quack | quackish | quacksalver | quackster | ringer | saltimbanco | sham | shammer See Also | beguiler | cheat | cheater | craniologist | deceiver | phrenologist | quack | slicker | trickster Charlatan In Webster's Dictionary \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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Tagus river ‐ a European river; flows into the…
- Balustrade ‐ a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people…
- Inseminate ‐ introduce semen into (a female) [v] place seeds in (the ground);…
- Contemplation ‐ a long and thoughtful observation [n] a calm lengthy intent…
- Calycophyllum candidissimum ‐ source of a tough…
- Agincourt ‐ a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under…
- Beauteousness ‐ the quality of being good looking and…
- Compulsory ‐ required by rule; "in most schools physical education are compulsory";…
- Photoengraving ‐ an engraving used to reproduce an…
- And how ‐ an expression of emphatic…