All 5 Uses of
charlatan
in
Middlemarch
- They implied that he was insolent, pretentious, and given to that reckless innovation for the sake of noise and show which was the essence of the charlatan.†
Chpt 5 *
- The word charlatan once thrown on the air could not be let drop.†
Chpt 5
- Mr. Toller remarked one day, smilingly, to Mrs. Taft, that "Bulstrode had found a man to suit him in Lydgate; a charlatan in religion is sure to like other sorts of charlatans."†
Chpt 5
- Mr. Toller remarked one day, smilingly, to Mrs. Taft, that "Bulstrode had found a man to suit him in Lydgate; a charlatan in religion is sure to like other sorts of charlatans."†
Chpt 5
- But there's St. John Long—that's the kind of fellow we call a charlatan, advertising cures in ways nobody knows anything about: a fellow who wants to make a noise by pretending to go deeper than other people.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(charlatan) a person who pretends to have capabilities or knowledge they lack