Săl'tim-băn'co, n.

(-bănk'o), n. [It. saltimbanco, literally one who leaps or mounts upon a bench, from saltare, to leap, in, in, upon, and banco, a bench; Fr. saltimbanque, Sp. saltabancos.] A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santinbanco.]

Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans deceive them in lower degrees. Browne.