mountebank

[ moun-tuh-bangk ]

/ ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk /

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noun

a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.

any charlatan or quack.

verb (used without object)

to act or operate as a mountebank.

Origin of mountebank

1570–80; (<Middle French ) <Italian montimbanco one who climbs on a bench, equivalent to mont(are) to climb (see mount¹) + -im-, variant of in on + banco bench (see bank²)

SYNONYMS FOR mountebank

1 pitchman.

2 phony, pretender, fraud.

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OTHER WORDS FROM mountebank

moun·te·bank·er·y

[moun-tuh-bangk-uh-ree], /ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk ə ri/, noun

Words nearby mountebank

Mountbatten, Mount Carmel man, Mount Clemens, Mount Cook lily, Mount Desert Island, mountebank, mounted, mounter, Mount Everest, Mount Gambier, Mountie

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Example sentences from the Web for mountebank

He is a wonderful man, the most extraordinary I ever saw, but there is more of the mountebank than of greatness in all this.
The Greville Memoirs|Charles C. F. Greville
"So this going about as a mountebank is only a masquerade," she said, with a touch of scorn.
The Belovd Vagabond|William J. Locke
"It comes of your mountebank ways, of course," said the spear-wort.
The Pond|Carl Ewald
I feared the woman had no better thought than to make a mountebank of her child!
The Scarlet Letter|Nathaniel Hawthorne

About four of the afternoon, the mountebank rendered up his ghost; he had never been conscious since his seizure.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for mountebank

mountebank

/ (ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk) /

noun

(formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places

a charlatan; fake

verb

(intr) to play the mountebank

Derived forms of mountebank

mountebankery, noun

Word Origin for mountebank

C16: from Italian montambanco a climber on a bench, from montare to mount ² + banco bench (see also bank 1)

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单词	mountebank
释义	mountebank [ moun-tuh-bangk ] / ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mountebank ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. any charlatan or quack. verb (used without object) to act or operate as a mountebank. Origin of mountebank 1570–80; (<Middle French ) <Italian montimbanco one who climbs on a bench, equivalent to mont(are) to climb (see mount¹) + -im-, variant of in on + banco bench (see bank²) SYNONYMS FOR mountebank 1 pitchman. 2 phony, pretender, fraud. SEE SYNONYMS FOR mountebank ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM mountebank moun·te·bank·er·y [moun-tuh-bangk-uh-ree], /ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk ə ri/, noun Words nearby mountebank Mountbatten, Mount Carmel man, Mount Clemens, Mount Cook lily, Mount Desert Island, mountebank, mounted, mounter, Mount Everest, Mount Gambier, Mountie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mountebank He is a wonderful man, the most extraordinary I ever saw, but there is more of the mountebank than of greatness in all this. The Greville Memoirs\|Charles C. F. Greville "So this going about as a mountebank is only a masquerade," she said, with a touch of scorn. The Belovd Vagabond\|William J. Locke "It comes of your mountebank ways, of course," said the spear-wort. The Pond\|Carl Ewald I feared the woman had no better thought than to make a mountebank of her child! The Scarlet Letter\|Nathaniel Hawthorne About four of the afternoon, the mountebank rendered up his ghost; he had never been conscious since his seizure. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson\|Robert Louis Stevenson British Dictionary definitions for mountebank mountebank / (ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk) / noun (formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places a charlatan; fake verb (intr) to play the mountebank Derived forms of mountebank mountebankery, noun Word Origin for mountebank C16: from Italian montambanco a climber on a bench, from montare to mount ² + banco bench (see also bank 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mountebank cheat, swindler, grifter, imposter
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mountebank

noun

verb (used without object)

Origin of mountebank

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Words nearby mountebank

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British Dictionary definitions for mountebank

noun

verb

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