"saltimbanco" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/ Forms: saltimbancos [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|saltimbanco}} Italian saltimbanco, {{m|en|mountebank}} mountebank Head templates: {{en-noun}} saltimbanco (plural saltimbancos)
  1. A quack doctor, a fraud. Synonyms: mountebank, quack Related terms: mountebank
    Sense id: en-saltimbanco-en-noun-3lE2f0ZZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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