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1. Someone who falsely pretends to have expert knowledge or skills in order to deceive other people; fake; fraud; deceiver; quack; impostor/imposter; cheat; swindler; trickster: It has been proven that fortune-tellers are charlatans.

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A charlatan, who was a salesman in a jewelry store, tried to convince Jane that she could buy a diamond ring for much less than a cheap silver ring.
2. Etymology: from Italian ciarlatano, "babbler, idle talker"; from ciariare, "to babble, to patter"; an imitation of the sounds of empty talking.

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"A charlatan is a quack who hopes others don't know that he doesn't know what he pretends to know."
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