Explore Charlatan through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like mountebank or deceiver. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Charlatan meaning
- A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
- A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
Using Charlatan
- The main meaning on this page is: A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs. | A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
- Useful related words include: mountebank, deceiver, cheat, cheater.
- In the example corpus, charlatan often appears in combinations such as: charlatan and, the charlatan, this charlatan.
Context around Charlatan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Charlatan
- In this selection, "charlatan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stinking, colored, hyperbolic, based, performed and levy stand out and add context to how "charlatan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hyperbolic charlatan he will and a stinking charlatan his ascension. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "charlatan" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with charlatan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Featured image by Alexa MacKie/the Charlatan. (7 words)
It cannot be business as usual for the charlatan. (9 words)
Charlatan could return in time for the Preakness; Nadal was retired. (11 words)
He accused Geller of being nothing more than a charlatan and a fraud who used standard magic tricks to accomplish his allegedly paranormal feats, and he presented his claims in the book The Truth About Uri Geller (1982). (38 words)
As late as December 1999, NME was calling her a "no-talent charlatan", and in October 2013, the mother of tennis pro Andy Murray took over a Twitter handle entitled Destroying Yoko Ono on Twitter. (35 words)
It was there that de Faria, who over the decades came under sharp scrutiny from critics who deemed him a charlatan, performed “psychic” surgeries that he said could heal a wide range of maladies. (34 words)
Because Trump is a hyperbolic charlatan, he will proffer some ridiculous falsehoods — "I have never met a Russian, okay? (19 words)
Example sentences (19)
And, as it turns out, she's a Grade-A charlatan based on another complaint filed in 2006.
Featured image by Alexa MacKie/the Charlatan.
It cannot be business as usual for the charlatan.
These are the terms I associate with this charlatan of an owner.
Charlatan could return in time for the Preakness; Nadal was retired.
Lubosi Mwanañono is a stinking charlatan, his ascension to power brought disaster to baRotseland.
Only a fool or charlatan would suggest that anyone can retire young based simply on fortitude and frugality.
It was there that de Faria, who over the decades came under sharp scrutiny from critics who deemed him a charlatan, performed “psychic” surgeries that he said could heal a wide range of maladies.
I was imprisoned a several times because of this charlatan Levy.
Jonathan Carpenter (ex-The Contortionist) has joined us as vocalist of The Room Colored Charlatan.
Because Trump is a hyperbolic charlatan, he will proffer some ridiculous falsehoods — "I have never met a Russian, okay?
Human rights advocacy groups must resist the encroachment of charlatan intent on re-writing their transparently noble and nationalistic agenda.
It's one thing if you're a total charlatan living a double life, preaching for money one day and partying with the world the next.
As late as December 1999, NME was calling her a "no-talent charlatan", and in October 2013, the mother of tennis pro Andy Murray took over a Twitter handle entitled Destroying Yoko Ono on Twitter.
Disraeli fascinated and divided contemporary opinion; he was seen by many, including some members of his own party, as an adventurer and a charlatan and by others as a far-sighted and patriotic statesman.
He accused Geller of being nothing more than a charlatan and a fraud who used standard magic tricks to accomplish his allegedly paranormal feats, and he presented his claims in the book The Truth About Uri Geller (1982).
Paris soon divided into those who thought he was a charlatan who had been forced to flee from Vienna and those who thought he had made a great discovery.
Personal life When he hosted his own radio show in the 1960s, Randi lived in a small house in Rumson, New Jersey that featured a sign on the premises that read: "Randi — charlatan".
These theories are speculative but perhaps less so than Strabo's contention that Pytheas was a charlatan just because a professional geographer doubted him.
Common combinations with charlatan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: