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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
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crowd to sell his wares, like a " cheap-
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jack " or "
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quack " doctor—" quack " being similarly derived from the
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noise made by a
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duck; so an impostor who pretends to have some
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special skill or knowledge .

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