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brag·gart
(brăg′ərt)n.
One given to loud, empty boasting; a bragger.
adj.
Boastful.
[French bragard, from braguer, to brag, perhaps from Middle English braggen; see brag.]
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braggart
(ˈbræɡət)n
a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
adj
boastful
[C16: see brag]
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brag•gart
(ˈbræg ərt)n.
1. a person who does a lot of bragging.
adj. 2. bragging; boastful.
[1570–80]
n.
brag′gart•ly, adv.
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braggart
noun boaster, show-off (informal), bluffer, swaggerer, brag, blusterer, swashbuckler, braggadocio, hot dog (chiefly U.S.), bigmouth (slang), bragger, skite or skiter (Austral. & N.Z. informal) a swaggering jovial prankster and braggart
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braggart
nounadjective
Characterized by or given to boasting:
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[ˈbrægət] N → fanfarrón/ona m/f, jactancioso/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005