Definition of Bragger

1. Noun. A very boastful and talkative person.

Exact synonyms: Blowhard, Boaster, Braggart, Line-shooter, Vaunter
Generic synonyms: Egoist, Egotist, Swellhead
Derivative terms: Boast, Brag, Brag, Vaunt

Definition of Bragger

1. n. One who brags; a boaster.

Definition of Bragger

1. Noun. a person who brags ¹

2. Adjective. (comparative of brag) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bragger

1. a braggart [n -S] - See also: braggart

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bragger

braggadoccio
braggadocian
braggadocians
braggadocii
braggadocio
braggadocios
braggardism
braggardisms
braggart
braggart(a)
braggartism
braggartly
braggartry
braggarts
bragged
bragger (current term)
braggers
braggest
bragget
braggier
braggiest
bragging
bragging(a)
bragging rights
braggingly
braggite
braggy
bragless
bragly
brags

Literary usage of Bragger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hoyle's Games: Containing the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games, with by Edmond Hoyle (1887)
"1 king and 1 bragger, t queens, 1 queen and 1 bragger, ito Of doubling and raising the Ante. tf the ante is doubled, the eldest hand having loomed at the ..."

2. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"If he has a pair of nines and a bragger, or a nine and two braggers, he may call them three nines, and bet on them as such. In this respect braggers ..."

3. The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from (1833)
"The second stoke is won by the person possessing the best brag-hand, or often rather by the boldest bragger, who sometimes only pretends to hold good cards, ..."

4. Dansk-norsk-engelsk-ordbog by Anton Larsen (1897)
"... vapour, make a boast i alle: of of), vaunt (üb. prop), »rooter e -e bragger, braggart, braggadocio, ..."

5. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"Once in awhile, indeed, seeing they had two aces and a bragger, they would venture a bet of five or ten dollars, but they were always compelled to back out ..."

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