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charlatan. noun. char· la· tan ˈshär-lə-tən. Synonyms of charlatan. 1. : quack entry 4 sense 2. charlatans harming their patients with dubious procedures. 2. : one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability : fraud, faker. a charlatan willing to do and say virtually anything to remain in the spotlight Alan Brinkley. charlatanism.
A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception.
noun. a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than they possess; fraud; quack. Synonyms: phony, fake, fraud, mountebank, impostor. charlatan. / ˈʃɑːlətən / noun. someone who professes knowledge or expertise, esp in medicine, that he or she does not have; quack. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈcharlatanˌism, noun.
CHARLATAN definition: 1. a person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have, especially in medicine…. Learn more.
A charlatan is one who pretends to possess knowledge he or she lacks. From the 16th century Italian ciarlatano "a quack," the usage of charlatan has not shifted much. Other words for charlatan are impostor, cheat, or pretender. Charlatans are marked by the elaborate schemes they cook up.
CHARLATAN definition: someone who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have. Learn more.
early 17th cent. (denoting a travelling seller of supposed remedies): from French, from Italian ciarlatano, from ciarlare ‘to babble’. Definition of charlatan noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
