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noun, masculine

charlatan

/ʃaʁ.la.tɑ̃/

noun, masculine/ʃaʁ.la.tɑ̃/plural: charlatans

a streetseller of medicines; a charlatan (trickster); a quack

From Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano. Pejorative meaning first recorded 1668.