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Webster 1913 Edition


Charlatan

Char′la-tan

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Charlatan

CHARLATAN

,
Noun.
One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions to skill; a quack; an empiric; a mountebank.

Definition 2024


charlatán

charlatán

See also: charlatan

Spanish

Adjective

charlatán m (feminine singular charlatana, masculine plural charlatanes, feminine plural charlatanas)

  1. said of someone who talks frivolously

Synonyms

Related terms

Noun

charlatán m (plural charlatanes)

  1. charlatan, quack