braggart
Someone who constantly brags or boastsSomeone who constantly brags or boasts.
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1 sensesSomeone who constantly brags or boasts.
Angeber, Angeberin, Maulheld
хвасту́нxvastún, хвасту́ньяxvastúnʹja, фанфаро́нfanfarón
a very boastful and talkative person
Origin
From Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individuaFrom Middle French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.
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