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Grammar : Noun
Spell : moun-tuh-bangk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk



Définition of mountebank

Origin :
  • "a doctor that mounts a bench in the market, and boasts his infallible remedies and cures" [Johnson], 1570s, from Italian montambanco, contraction of monta in banco "quack, juggler," literally "mount on bench" (to be seen by crowd), from monta, imperative of montare "to mount" (see mount (v.)) + banco, variant of banca "bench" (see bank (n.2)). Figurative and extended senses from 1580s.
  • noun charlatan
Example sentences :
  • It was not of the least use to me that I knew he was not the illustrious general, but simply a mountebank.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • If I were a mountebank or a charlatan I would claim that it cures a hundred diseases.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • As a mountebank, a juggler, a quack doctor—I spurned the very idea.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • Anything less would condemn a man as a fool or a mountebank.
  • Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson
  • But his natural gift was to be a mountebank, a clown, a circus Hercules.
  • Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford
  • You must often have had your head against this mountebank jacket of mine.
  • Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
  • "So this going about as a mountebank is only a masquerade," she said, with a touch of scorn.
  • Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
  • He went into the market and found a mountebank there, which was what he wanted.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11 » by Various
  • I feared the woman had no better thought than to make a mountebank of her child!
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Letter » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It is profane to associate Jeanne's pure and beautiful name with that of a mountebank.
  • Extract from : « Jeanne d'Arc » by Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant

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