braggart

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who boasts loudly or habitually

   The rash soldier was a braggart who claimed courage he had never demonstrated.

2. 2
   adj

   boastful or characterized by arrogant claims

   His braggart manner concealed deep uncertainty.

From Middle French bragard, "showy, boastful person," from braguer, "to boast." It entered English as both a noun and an adjective.

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