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Swaggerer

Definition: Swaggerer

Swaggerer

Noun

1. Someone who walks in an arrogant manner.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "swaggerer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references)


Synonyms within Context: Swaggerer

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Blusterer

Noun: blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer, brawler; fanfaron; braggart; (boaster); bully, terrorist, rough; bulldozer, hoodlum, hooligan, larrikin, roarer; Mohock, Mohawk; drawcansir, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos; jingo; desperado, dare-devil, fire eater; fury; (violent person); rowdy; slang-whanger, tough.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Swaggerer

English words defined with "swaggerer": FanfaronRuffler. (references)
Specialty definitions using "swaggerer": Matamore. (references)

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Use in Literature: Swaggerer

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

And now Al, moving humbly near, saw that his brother was not a swaggerer as he had supposed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: Swaggerer

Language Translations for "swaggerer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mburracak (boastful, rodomontade, thrasonical, tinhorn), i kapardisur (bloated, hoity toity, pompous, pontifical). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

самохвалко (blower, blusterer, boaster, bouncer, brag, cutup, fanfaron, gascon, mouther), надут човек (high hat). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rehentelijä (braggart), kehuskelija (blusterer, braggart). (various references)

   

German

  

Prahler (boaster, bouncer, braggart, bragger, bravado, swaggerers). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καυχηματίασ (blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, braggart), φανφαρόνοσ (bounder). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szájhős (fire-eater, roister-doister, roisterer, swashbuckler, talker), jampec (dildo, dude, fop, posh, spiv, teddy boy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fanfarone (bouncer, braggart). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

壮士 (ruffian, young man in his prime). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そうし (books, cadet, copybook, copy-book, creation, fiction, founding, initiating, mutual affection or love, notebook, ruffian, small shrine, Song poetry, storybook, young man in his prime). (various references)

   

Manx

  

froaisheyder. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aggerersway

   

Portuguese

  

gabarola (sidy, swanky, talker), ferrabrás (swashbuckler), fanfarrão (blatherskite, blow, blusterer, blusterous, boaster, boastful, bouncer, brag, braggadocio, braggart, bulldozer, bully, dandy, fanfaron, mouther, roisterer, roistering, scaramouch, sidy, swanky, thrasonical, windy). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fanfaron (blusterer, boastful, braggart, coxcomb, Hector, vainglorious, windbag). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

щеголь (beau, coxcomb, fop, Jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, trig), хвастун (blusterer, boaster, bouncer, braggart, gascon, mouther, swashbuckler). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

hvalisavac (blusterer, boaster, braggart, tinhorn). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

palavracı (blowhard, boaster, bouncer, braggart, gasbag, liar, ranter, romancer, storyteller, swashbuckler, swashbuckling), kasıntı tip, dayı (dey, friend at court, maternal uncle, rapscallion, rowdy, swagger, uncle), atıcı (battery, brag, braggart, four-flusher, good shoot, marksman, pistol, pitcher, projectile, shooter, swashbuckler, thrower), artist (artist, ham, swagger). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người vênh váo người hay huênh hoang khoác lác, người đi nghênh nang. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

rhodreswr. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Swaggerer

Derivations

Words beginning with "swaggerer": swaggerers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Swaggerer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: swagerer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Swaggerer"

Words rhyming with "swaggerer" (pronounced 'Swag"ger*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Swaggerer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-g-r-r-s-w"

-1 letter: wagerers.

-2 letters: geegaws, greaser, raggees, regears, reggaes, swagger, swearer, wagerer, waggers, wearers.

-3 letters: aggers, agrees, eagers, eagres, eggars, eggers, eraser, gagers, geegaw, grease, ragees, raggee, regear, reggae, regrew, sagger, searer, seggar, sewage, swager, wagers, wagger, wearer.

-4 letters: agers, agger, agree, eager, eagre, egers, eggar, egger, erase, ewers, gager, gages, gears, grees, ragee, rages, rares.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-g-r-r-s-w"
 

+1 letter: swaggerers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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