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part of speech:	noun
definition:	one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. Many who claimed to be able to communicate with the dead were shown to be charlatans. similar words: mountebank, quack
related words:	adventurer, fake, fraud, gyp, humbug, phony
derivations:	charlatanistic (adj.), charlatanism (n.)

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