"Ay, royal Atheling," shouted the company, "compel the vaunter to show us a sample of his skill.". From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Portion] Reference
The synonyms were spot-on: big mouth, blusterer, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, loudmouth, and — my personal favorite — vaunter. From Wordnik.com. [Review: Wordnik’s Thesaurus « Motivated Grammar] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Quisanté] Reference
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.". From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6] Reference
Until then I reserve myself for higher duties which are directly laid upon me: it is not permitted to me to leap from the chariot for the sake of wrestling with every loud vaunter. From Wordnik.com. [Romola] Reference
And this dishonour would result if by your lack of diligence you were to put your trust in some vaunter, who by his tricks or by favour shown to him here should obtain such work from you, by which lasting and very great shame would result to him and to you. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
"And now, worthy Sexwolf, thou shalt see if the Norman is the vaunter thou deemest him. From Wordnik.com. [Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete] Reference
Alas, you know I am no vaunter, I. From Wordnik.com. [Titus Andronicus] Reference
Alas! you know I am no vaunter, I. From Wordnik.com. [Act V. Scene III. Titus Andronicus] Reference
A vaunter and a liar are near akin. From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
Who would not forgive so cajoling a vaunter?. From Wordnik.com. [Inns and Taverns of Old London] Reference
A vaunter of Virtue -- yet dallies with Vice. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
Tongue - valiant hero, vaunter of thy might. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
“Mistaken vaunter!. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer] Reference
Proud vaunter -- thou wouldst hide thy brow. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.] Reference
There, let the vaunter pant, and puff, and sneer. From Wordnik.com. [The Age Reviewed] Reference
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