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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 891 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLATAN (Ital. ciarlatano, from ciarlare, to chatter) , originally one who " patters " to a See also:crowd to sell his wares, like a " cheap-See also:jack " or " See also:quack " doctor—" quack " being similarly derived from the See also:noise made by a See also:duck; so an impostor who pretends to have some See also:special skill or knowledge.

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