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saltimbanco

/sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/

saltimbanco noun: a quack doctor, a fraud.

Noun

saltimbanco (plural saltimbancos)

  1. A quack doctor, a fraud.
    Synonyms:
    mountebank, quack

saltimbanco meaning in Tamil

saltimbanco in Tamil

போலி மருத்துவர்

Synonyms of saltimbanco

Forms of saltimbanco

pluralsaltimbancos

Origin of saltimbanco

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.

Questions about saltimbanco

What does saltimbanco mean?
Saltimbanco means a quack doctor, a fraud.
What is saltimbanco in Tamil?
Saltimbanco in Tamil is போலி மருத்துவர். See Saltimbanco meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is saltimbanco?
Saltimbanco is a noun.
How do you pronounce saltimbanco?
Saltimbanco is pronounced /sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/.
What is the plural of saltimbanco?
The plural of saltimbanco is saltimbancos.

Words near saltimbanco in the dictionary

  1. saltigrade
  2. saltigrades
  3. saltillo
  4. saltillos
  5. saltily
  6. saltimbanco
  7. saltimbancos
  8. saltimbank
  9. saltimbanks
  10. saltimbanque
  11. saltimbanques

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saltimbanco (page history and authors); saltimbanco (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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