| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FANFARON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1640. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FANFARON
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster; a vain pretender.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Literature | 1: " `Marry, hang thee, with thy fanfarona about thy neck!'said the falconer." - Scott: The Abbot. cxvii. 2: Fanfaron A swaggering bully; a cowardly boaster who blows his own trumpet. Sir Walter Scott uses the word for finery, especially for the gold chains worn by military men, common in Spain amongst the conquerors of the New World. (Spanish, fanfarron, a bully; French, fanfare, a flourish of trumpets, or short piece of military music performed by brass instruments and kettledrums.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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