noun
Meaning 1
A quack doctor, a fraud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mountebank, quack
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
saltimbanco
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/sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/
History
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.