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Meaning of BRAGGART

Pronunciation:  'bragurt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a very boastful and talkative person
 
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 Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter
 
 See Also: egoist, egotist, swellhead

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Brag"gart\, n. [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging.
    See {Brag}, v. i.]
    A boaster.
          O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart
          with my tongue.                          --Shak.
    
  2. \Brag"gart\, a.
    Boastful. -- {Brag"gart*ly}, adv.
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
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