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Webster 1913 Edition

Fanfaron

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Fan′fa-ron

,
Noun.
[F., fr. Sp.
fanfarron
; cf. It.
fanfano
, and OSp.
fanfa
swaggering, boasting, also Ar.
farfār
talkative.]
A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.
[R.]
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fanfaron

FAN'FARON

,
Noun.
A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster; a vain pretender.

Definition 2024

fanfaron

fanfaron

English

Noun

fanfaron ‎(plural fanfarons)

  1. (obsolete) Bully.
  2. (obsolete) Boaster.

Esperanto

Noun

fanfaron

  1. accusative singular of fanfaro

French

Etymology

Said to be imitative, though it could alternatively be from Arabic فَرْفَار ‎(farfār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ̃/

Adjective

fanfaron m ‎(feminine singular fanfaronne, masculine plural fanfarons, feminine plural fanfaronnes)

  1. boasting

Noun

fanfaron m ‎(plural fanfarons, feminine fanfaronne)

  1. boaster

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