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  • 11Charlatan — Charlatan. Diese Benennung stammt von dem italienischen ciarlare, schwatzen, plaudern. Zur Zeit, als die Arzneikunde noch in ihrer Kindheit lag, wo Universalmittel, Salben und Wunderpillen von geckenhaften Marktschreiern dem Publikum… …

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  • 12Charlatan — (Scharlatan), Marktschreier, besonders wenn sich jemand Gelehrsamkeit, Kunst, Ansehen etc. unberechtigt beilegt; das Treiben heißt Charlatanismus od. Charlatanerie (vom ital. ciarlatano, Schwätzer) …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 13charlatan — index fake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14charlatan — mountebank, quack, *impostor, faker Analogous words: humbug, fraud, cheat, fake (see IMPOSTURE): pretender, feigner, counterfeiter (see corresponding verbs at ASSUME) …

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  • 15charlatan — meaning ‘a person falsely claiming special knowledge’, is pronounced shah lǝ tǝn …

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  • 16charlatan — [n] swindler cheat, con, con artist, fake, fraud, imposter, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, rip off artist*, sham; concepts 260,412 …

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  • 17charlatán — charlatán, na (Del it. ciarlatano). 1. adj. Que habla mucho y sin sustancia. U. t. c. s.) 2. Hablador indiscreto. U. t. c. s.) 3. embaucador. U. t. c. s.) 4. m. y f. Persona que se dedica a la venta ambulante y anuncia a voces su mercancía …

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  • 18charlatan — ► NOUN ▪ a person falsely claiming to have a certain expertise. DERIVATIVES charlatanism noun charlatanry noun. ORIGIN Italian ciarlatano, from ciarlare to babble …

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  • 19charlatan — [shär′lə tən] n. [Fr < It ciarlatano, a quack < cerretano, one who cries out in the market place < VL cerretanus, seller of papal indulgences at Cerreto, town in Italy: infl. by It ciarlare, to prate] a person who pretends to have expert …

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  • 20Charlatan — For other uses, see Charlatan (disambiguation). Swindler redirects here. For other uses, see Swindler (disambiguation). Pietro Longhi: The Charlatan, 1757 A charlatan (also called swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or some… …

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