From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Egotist \E"go*tist\, noun [L. ego I + ending -tist for -ist. See {Egotism}, and cf. {Egoist}.] One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a conceited and self-centered person [syn: {egoist}, {swellhead}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "egotist": Narcissus, braggart, careerist, egocentric, egoist, fortune hunter, hog, individualist, know-it-all, lone wolf, loner, monopolist, narcissist, narcist, no modest violet, road hog, self-advancer, self-pleaser, self-seeker, self-server, smart aleck, swellhead, temporizer, timepleaser, timeserver, tufthunter
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
EGOTIST, noun A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls of legislative debate, One day with all his credentials came To the capitol's door and announced his name. The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist Of the face, at the eminent egotist, And said: "Go away, for we settle here All manner of questions, knotty and queer, And we cannot have, when the speaker demands To be told how every member stands, A man who to all things under the sky Assents by eternally voting 'I'."
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