saltimbanco
saltimbanco · saltimbancos
A quack doctor, a fraudA quack doctor, a fraud.
/sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/
Meaning
1 sensesA quack doctor, a fraud.
Origin
Borrowed from Italian saltimbanco. Used thus in English because of the association with stBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: saltimbancos| Singular | saltimbanco |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedmountebank