saltimbanco

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saltimbanco

/sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/

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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.

noun saltimbancos

A quack doctor, a fraud.
Similar: mountebank, quack

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"saltimbanco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/saltimbanco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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saltimbanco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/saltimbanco

Chicago

"saltimbanco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/saltimbanco.

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@misc{saltimbanco_2026,
  title = {saltimbanco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saltimbanco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}