braggart
[brag-ert]
- a person who does a lot of bragging.
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- bragging; boastful.
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Origin of braggart
Synonyms
See more synonyms for braggart on Thesaurus.combragger, boaster; blow-hard.
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Contemporary Examples
It seems the braggart was unaware of the changes in the law.
One of us had even claimed to be present at Castra Regina, although we mainly considered him a braggart.
In the book, Alice is a smug, Victorian braggart who loves nothing more than showing off her knowledge.
Historical Examples
But that's that braggart, major Marvel—and a marvel he is, I can tell you!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
He had the reputation of being a hard liver, and something of a braggart.
The Hunted OutlawAnonymous
His friend looked at him with a braggart air, and sang to himself.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
He tried hard to despise the braggart, but ended with envying him.
Tales From Two HemispheresHjalmar Hjorth Boysen
Surely thou wouldst not have son of thine proved liar and braggart?
A Book of MythsJean Lang
braggart
- a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
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- boastful
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Word Origin
C16: see brag
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Word Origin and History for braggart
n.
1570s, from French bragard (16c.), with pejorative ending (see -ard) + Middle French braguer "to flaunt, brag," perhaps originally "to show off clothes, especially breeches," from brague "breeches" (see bracket). There may be an element of codpiece-flaunting in all this.
The word in English has been at least influenced by brag (v.), even if, as some claim, it is unrelated to it. Bragger "arrogant or boastful person," agent noun from brag (v.), attested in English from late 14c.
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