fanfaron
Americannoun
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a braggart.
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a fanfare.
Etymology
Origin of fanfaron
First recorded in 1615–25; from French, from Spanish fanfarrón “braggart,” said to be of expressive origin
Example Sentences
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If that is how it is I am not going to apologise to that fanfaron any more!
From Love by Garnett, Constance
He was known in Paris as an assassin, and in England, thanks to the bullet letter, as a "fanfaron" and brave braggart.
From George Washington, Volume I by Lodge, Henry Cabot
The Hungarian hussar is no fanfaron like the French chasseur, but he is conscious of his own powers, like a Grenadier of the Old Imperial Guard.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
Ilga Barron, The great fanfaron, Went into the closet one day; But she was so stout She couldn’t get out, And there she had to sta-ay!
From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Dowd, Emma C.
A well-meaning, self-satisfied, dull, industrious man, he gave Byron excellent moral advice, to which the latter responded as the fanfaron de ses vices, evidently with great amusement to himself.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
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