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Definition of Charlatan

Charlatan
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.

Meaning of Charlatan from wikipedia

- A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame...
- up charlatan or charlatán in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A charlatan is a trickster or con artist. Charlatan may also refer to: The Charlatan (1917...
- The Charlatans (often referred to as The Charlatans UK in the United States) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham, West Midlands in 1988. As...
- Charlatan (Czech: Šarlatán) is a 2020 biographical historical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and written by Marek Epstein, loosely based on...
- This is a discography by the indie British rock band The Charlatans. Just Lookin' 1990–1997 (20 May 2002) Live at Last (11 April 2005) Forever: The Singles...
- The Charlatan is the independent w****ly student newspaper at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. It is published by a not-for-profit corporation,...
- Young Charlatans were a briefly existing Australian punk rock band comprising Janine Hall on b**** guitar, Jeffrey Wegener on drums, Ollie Olsen on vocals...
- The Charlatans were an American folk rock and psychedelic rock band that pla**** a role in the development of the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury music scene...
- Sousa. Today only excerpts from the work—"The Charlatan March", "The Charlatan Waltzes" and "The Charlatan Overture"—are commonly known. The operetta is...
- Cecchetti the charlatan. Petrushka tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets. The three are brought to life by the Charlatan during the...