mountebank

English Thesaurus

1. a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes (noun.person)

hypernym	:	beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster,
definition	:	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun.person)

hyponym	:	craniologist, phrenologist,
definition	:	someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull (noun.person)

hyponym	:	quack,
definition	:	an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice (noun.person)