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Webster 1913 Edition

Braggart

Brag′gart

,

Noun.

[OF.

bragard

flaunting, vain, bragging. See

,

Verb.

I.

]

A boaster.

O, I could play the woman with mine eyes,
And

braggart

with my tongue.

Shakespeare

Brag′gart

,

Adj.

Boastful.

–

Brag′gart-ly

,

adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Braggart

BRAG'GART

,

Noun.

[brag and art, ard,kind.] A boaster; a vain fellow.

BRAG'GART

,

Adj.

Boastful; vainly ostentatious.

Definition 2024

braggart

braggart

English

Noun

braggart ‎(plural braggarts)

someone who boasts.
- Shakespeare
  O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And braggart with my tongue.

Synonyms

braggadocio
bragger
boaster
See also Wikisaurus:braggart

Related terms

brag

Translations

one who boasts

Catalan: fanfarró m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吹牛的 (zh) ‎(chuīniú de), 牛皮大王 ‎(niúpí dàwáng)
Czech: chvastoun m
Dutch: pocher, aansteller (nl), snoever (nl)
Esperanto: fanfaronulo
Finnish: rehentelijä (fi), leuhkija
French: bravache (fr) m, fanfaron (fr) m, fier-à-bras (fr) m, hâbleur (fr) m, matamore (fr) m, rodomont (fr) m, vantard (fr) m
German: Angeber (de) m, Angeberin (de) f
Greek: καυχηματίας (el) m ‎(kafchimatías), κομπαστής (el) m ‎(kompastís)

Irish: bladhmaire m, bollaire m, bragaire m, bumaire m, floscaí m, gaiscíoch m
Italian: fanfarone (it) m, ballista (it)
Japanese: 内弁慶 ‎(うちべんけい, uchibenkei)
Macedonian: фалбаџија m ‎(falbádžija)
Maori: pīho, rangiwhata
Norman: braidgeux m (Jersey), cratcheux m (Jersey), vantard m (Jersey)
Portuguese: fanfarrão (pt) m, gabarola (pt) m, f
Romanian: lăudăros (ro) m, fanfaron (ro) m
Russian: хвасту́н (ru) m ‎(xvastún), хвасту́нья (ru) f ‎(xvastúnʹja), фанфаро́н (ru) m ‎(fanfarón), самохва́л (ru) m ‎(samoxvál)
Spanish: fanfarria m, fanfarrón (es) m