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Charlatan
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Ital. ciarlatano, from ciarlare, to chatter), originally one who "patters" to a crowd to sell his wares, like a "cheap-jack" or "quack" doctor - "quack" being similarly derived from the noise made by a duck; so an impostor who pretends to have some special skill or knowledge.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Charlatan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/charlatan.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Charlatan'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/charlatan.html. 1910.
