Definition of SALTIMBANCO

saltimbanco

Meanings

Plural: saltimbancos

Noun

  • A quack doctor, a fraud.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

mountebank, quack

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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