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Definition of: mountebank
(moun′tə·bangk) noun
1. A vendor of quack medicines at fairs, who usually mounts a platform or wagon to sell his wares.
2. Hence, a charlatan. See synonyms under QUACK.
—v.i. To play the mountebank. [<Ital. montimbanco <monta mount + in on + banco bench]
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