mountebank

• Nom désignant un charlatan ou un imposteur tapageur qui attire les clients par des tours, des plaisanteries ou de fausses promesses.

A noun referring to a flamboyant deceiver or charlatan who attracts customers with tricks, jokes, or false claims.

1. Deceiver or fraudC2formal

   A person who deceives others, especially by pretending to have skills or knowledge they do not possess; a charlatan.

   Charlatan

   • The politician was dismissed as a mountebank who promised everything but delivered nothing.
   • He posed as a doctor, but was quickly exposed as a mountebank.
   • The market was full of mountebanks selling fake remedies.

   Synonymescharlatanfraudhoaxerhumbugimpostorpretenderquackshamswindler

2. Flamboyant tricksterC2formal

   A showy person who uses tricks, jokes, or exaggerated claims to attract attention and swindle people.

   Charlatan exubérant

   • The mountebank entertained the crowd with magic tricks before selling his worthless potions.
   • She saw through the mountebank's flamboyant act and refused to buy anything.
   • In medieval times, mountebanks would perform on stages to lure customers.

   Synonymescharlatanconfidence manfraudhumbugimpostorquackswindlertrickster