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n. - A very boastful and talkative person.

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  • "Ay, royal Atheling," shouted the company, "compel the vaunter to show us a sample of his skill."
  • The synonyms were spot-on: big mouth, blusterer, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, loudmouth, and — my personal favorite — vaunter.
  • He was ill-bred, but he was not mean; he was a vaunter but not a coward; he demanded adherence and did not beg alms.
  • The king was old and sad; the state of his kingdom preyed upon his mind; he was surrounded by influences hostile to his nephew, whom he himself called "a vaunter of crimes."
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