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braggart

[brag-ert]

noun

  1. a person who does a lot of bragging.



adjective

  1. bragging; boastful.

braggart

/ ˈ²ś°łĆ¦É”ə³Ł /

noun

  1. a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. boastful

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • braggartism noun
  • braggartly adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of braggart1

First recorded in 1570–80; brag + -art
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of braggart1

C16: see brag
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Filmmakers picked up on her eccentric, mannered style and the so-called ā€œMaggie Smith characterā€ — the class-fixated braggart she perfected — was born.

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I don’t mean to sound like a braggart, but I think I should have a special.

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Look, he’s everything our mothers told us not to be: a bully, braggart, whiner, liar and name-caller.

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What’s more, in the Spy magazine era, Mr. Trump was just a local nuisance, a braggart presiding over a foundering casino-hotel empire.

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That it’s a wildly conservative place full of oil roughnecks and cowboys and brash braggarts.

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