mountebank n a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes Usage(s) "Is it a wonder that acting like a mountebank came so naturally to him?" remarked a rival actor tongue in cheek. We are so naive; we should have seen through the tricks of this mountebank. It is tragic that even after Debbie discovered Howard to be a mountebank, she stuck with him. Synonym(s) charlatan
Quotes mountebank HL Mencken in International Herald Tribune Mencken calls Bryan "a charlatan, a mountebank, a zany without any shame or dignity."