vaunter
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Alas! you know I am no vaunter, I; My scars can witness, dumb although they are, That my report is just and full of truth.
From The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
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 A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Robert Black
"Ay, royal Atheling," shouted the company, "compel the vaunter to show us a sample of his skill."
From The Children's Portion by Robert W. Shoppell
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 Quisanté by Anthony Hope
Or shall I rather of Xantippus ask, Who dar'd to undeceive deluded Rome, And prove this vaunter not invincible?
From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Hannah More
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