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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Braggart \Brag"gart\, n. [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging.
     See {Brag}, v. i.]
     A boaster.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           O, I could play the woman with mine eyes,


           And braggart with my tongue.             --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Braggart \Brag"gart\, a.
     Boastful. -- {Brag"gart*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  braggart
       adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful}, {braggart(a)},
              {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing},
              {self-aggrandizing}, {self-aggrandising}]
       n : 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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