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noun
- 1. a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill: "a self-confessed con artist and charlatan"
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CHARLATAN definition: 1. a person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have, especially in medicine…. Learn more.
The meaning of CHARLATAN is quack. How to use charlatan in a sentence. Did you know?
A charlatan is a quack, a person who is trying to deceive you with false claims. Beware of charlatans who try to sell you access to the fountain of youth or to a Ponzi scheme disguised as an exclusive investment fund.
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, or other advantages through pretense or deception.
Charlatan definition: a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than they possess; fraud; quack.. See examples of CHARLATAN used in a sentence.
You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
Definition of charlatan noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CHARLATAN definition: someone who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have. Learn more.
a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than they possess; fraud; quack.
char·la·tan. (shär′lə-tən) n. A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud. [French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks .]
