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Noun Concept
Categories: Deception, Pseudoscience, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
EN
mountebank  charlatan
EN
A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes WordNet 3.0
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A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A charlatan is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception. Wikipedia
Trickster or con artist. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Person engaging in deceptive practices Wikidata
A person fraudulently claiming knowledge and skills not possessed. OmegaWiki
A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit. Wiktionary
Malicious trickster. Wiktionary (translation)
One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan. Wiktionary
Charlatan. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
deceiver
occupation
HAS KIND
phrenologist
quack
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Nordisk familjebok
FIELD OF THIS OCCUPATION
quackery
USAGE DOMAIN
disparagement
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
mountebank, charlatan
Wikipedia
EN
charlatan
Wikidata
EN
charlatan
Wiktionary
EN
charlatan, mountebank
OmegaWiki
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charlatan
Wikipedia Redirections
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Charlantry, Charlatane, charlatanry, Charlitain, Katerfelts, Montambanco, Shysters, Swindlers
Wikidata Alias
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faker, mountebank, quack, shyster, swindler

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