the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A mountebank; a quack.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A mountebank; a quack.
Word Usage
"‘Becco’, and ‘cornuto’, ‘fantastico’, ‘magnifico’, ‘impress’ (the armorial device upon shields, and appearing constantly in its Italian form ‘impresa’), ‘saltimbanco’ (= mountebank), all once common enough, are now obsolete."