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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Braggart \Brag"gart\, noun [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See {Brag}, verb (used without an object)] A boaster.
O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Braggart \Brag"gart\, adjective Boastful. -- {Brag"gart*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
braggart
adjective: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful}, {braggart(a)}, {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing}, {self-aggrandizing}, {self-aggrandising}]
noun: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: {bragger}, {boaster}, {blowhard}, {line-shooter}, {vaunter}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "braggart": Captain Bobadil, Gascon, Herod, Narcissus, Scaramouch, Texan, big mouth, blatherskite, blower, blowhard, bluff, bluffer, blusterer, boaster, boastful, boasting, brag, braggadocio, bragging, bravo, bucko, bully, bullyboy, conceited, egocentric, egoist, egotist, fanfaron, fanfaronading, gasbag, gasconader, gasconading, hector, hectorer, hot-air artist, individualist, know-it-all, loudmouth, miles gloriosus, narcissist, narcist, no modest violet, peacock, ranter, raver, rodomontade, roisterer, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting, show-off, smart aleck, swaggerer, swashbuckler, swasher, swellhead, thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vaporer, vaporing, vaunting, windbag, windjammer, windy
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