Fanfaron

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster; a vain pretender.
  • noun. Noisy or boastful parade; ostentation; fanfare.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. bully
  • noun. boaster
  • Word Usage
    "Walpole from then on ridiculed GW, calling him a fanfaron braggart, and saying that he soon “learned to blush for his rodomontade.”"
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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    fanfare  fanfares  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bully  hector  swaggerer