the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who boasts; a braggart.
n. A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who boasts, glories, or vaunts with exaggeration, or ostentatiously; a bragger.
n. A broad chisel used in rough-hewing and dressing off the surface of a stone; a boasting-chisel.
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n. a very boastful and talkative person
Word Usage
"The boaster is a well-known character in every Indian village; and it is quite plain from the number of stories warning us against self-praise, that the wise men of the tribe have not been slow to discover and point out this weakness of their people."