Saltimbanco
//sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A quack doctor, a fraud.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian saltimbanco. Used thus in English because of the association with street performers, seen by the settled population in English-speaking culture as not to be trusted. A more usual and more accurate English word, derived from similar sources, is mountebank.
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