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VAUNTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vaunter mean? 

VAUNTER (noun)
  The noun VAUNTER has 1 sense:

1. a very boastful and talkative personplay

  Familiarity information: VAUNTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VAUNTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A very boastful and talkative person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blowhard; boaster; braggart; bragger; line-shooter; vaunter

Hypernyms ("vaunter" is a kind of...):

egoist; egotist; swellhead (a conceited and self-centered person)

Derivation:

vaunt (show off)


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