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Definition of Bragger
1. Noun. A very boastful and talkative person.
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
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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