Chär'/la-tan, n.

(shär'/la-tan), n. [Fr. & Sp. charlatan, It. ciarlatano, from Sp. & Pg. charlar, It. ciarlare, to chatter, prate, akin to Sp. chirlar, to prattle, to talk much and loud, It. zirlare, to whistle like a thrush.] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an empiric; a mountebank. Butler.