Meaning ofmountebankin English

Noun

1. a deceptive salesperson; con artist
   The police arrested a mountebank who sold fake jewelry.
2. a charlatan selling with deception
   The mountebank used misleading advertisements to lure customers.
3. a seller of dubious medicines
   The mountebank traveled from town to town selling his questionable remedies.
4. a boastful false pretender
   The self-proclaimed expert was exposed as a mountebank with no real qualifications.