charlatan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: charlatan	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for charlatan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
charlatan n a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes Synonym(s): mountebank, charlatan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Charlatan \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.