Category:Saltimbanco

Sal`tim*ban"co, n. Etym: [it., literally, one who leaps or mounts Upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.]

Defn: a mountebank; a quack. [obs.] [written also santibanco.] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir t. browne.