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mountebank definition

moun·te·bank (mo̵unt′ə baŋk′)

noun

  1. Archaic a person who mounted a bench, or platform, in a public place and sold quack medicines, usually attracting an audience by tricks, stories, etc.
  2. any charlatan, or quack

Etymology: It montambanco < montare, mount + in, on + banco, a bench: see bank

intransitive verb

to act as a mountebank

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