blagueurn.
/blaˈɡəː/, /ˈblaɡə/, U.S. /ˈblɑɡər/, /blɑˈɡɛ(ə)r/ One who talks pretentiously; a joker or teller of tall stories.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind > one who tells
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner > who bluffs
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1883 Sat. Rev. 14 Apr. 467/2 [It is] not the laughter of the true humourist, but that of the professional blagueur.
c1903 W. Lewis Lett. (1963) 8 I went to a cabman in the rank, and he asked 5/–; so I left him as a blageur [sic]; but it appears that it is without the 4 mile radius, and it is 1/- a mile.
1950 A. L. Rowse Eng. of Elizabeth xii. 515 That marvellous adventurer and blagueur Anthony Shirley of All Souls.
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