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Meanings of
mountebank
in английском
португальский
charlatão
каталонский
xarlatà
испанский
charlatan de feria
Back to the meaning
A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes.
charlatan
португальский
charlatão
Synonyms
Examples for "
charlatan
"
charlatan
Examples for "
charlatan
"
1
Quesnel followed her lead with the consummate skill of a natural
charlatan
.
2
He was a
charlatan
,
and also not an especially good aeronautic designer.
3
This is not the conduct of the
charlatan
,
not of the self-seeker.
4
I once thought him wise, but now I know he's a
charlatan
.
5
Anybody who thinks of him as a
charlatan
needs to be sectioned.
Usage of
mountebank
in английском
1
The
mountebank
is wanted in the streets, the jester at the Louvre.
2
A
mountebank
in Leicester Fields had drawn a huge assembly about him.
3
There are those who call this nonsense and its author a
mountebank
.
4
I am a travelling
mountebank
,
who plays farces at fairs and markets.
5
Why, the man would be a
mountebank
if he adopted any other.
6
How brilliant the rags of the
mountebank
,
Gwynplaine, appeared to him now!
7
What did you do when you purchased that
mountebank
impostor Tetzel's indulgences?
8
I don't mind being a
mountebank
,
but mountebanks don't pay much interest.
9
It's what you have been playing for all along, you infernal
mountebank
!
10
Who was the mysterious
mountebank
that indulged in such transparent allusions to Mme.
11
It sheds, however, a light on the young manhood of this earnest
mountebank
.
12
Brother Paul, ridiculous
mountebank
,
was yet correct in this-theGrass chastised us rightly.
13
His earnest and straightforward manner was not that of a
mountebank
.
14
Of course the man was a poseur, a most horrid
mountebank
and ego-maniac.
15
You are a true poet, and I am only a
mountebank
.
16
He seems to me to be a
mountebank
who professes curing all diseases.
Other examples for "mountebank"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
mountebank
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old mountebank
poor mountebank
clever mountebank
eccentric mountebank
itinerant mountebank
More collocations
Translations for
mountebank
португальский
charlatão
capadócio
impostor
curandeiro
каталонский
xarlatà
испанский
charlatan de feria
saltabancos
embaucador
Mountebank
through the time
Mountebank
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common