Scharlatan — meaning in English
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English meaning
- charlatan noun A person who pretends to have skill or knowledge they don't actually have, usually to trick people out of money.
- hustler noun A person who works energetically and resourcefully, especially to make money.
- phony adj Fake or fraudulent; not genuine.
- pretender noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.
Senses
Scharlatan is used for these senses in English:
- charlatan A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
- con artist A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.
- hustler A charlatan, huckster, grifter, swindler, a scoundrel.
- phony (informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
- pretender One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
hustler — full definition
- noun A person who works energetically and resourcefully, especially to make money.
- noun A con artist or swindler.
- noun A prostitute (informal, often referring to a male prostitute).