\Sal`tim*ban"co\, n. [It., literally, one who leaps
or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco
a bench.]
A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also {santinbanco}.]
      Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. --Sir T.
                                               Browne.