Associations to the word «Mountebank»

Wiktionary

MOUNTEBANK, noun. One who sells dubious medicines.
MOUNTEBANK, noun. One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan.
MOUNTEBANK, verb. (intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
MOUNTEBANK, verb. (transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.

Dictionary definition

MOUNTEBANK, noun. A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes.

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.