vauntern.

Brit.

/ˈvɔːntə/, U.S.

/ˈvɔn(t)ər/,

/ˈvɑn(t)ər/

Forms: Middle English–1500s vantour, 1500s vauntour; 1500s Scottish vantar; 1500s–1600s vanter, 1600s– vaunter.

Etymology: < Old French vantere, vanteor (Anglo-Norman vanteour ), vanteur (French vanteur ), < vanter vaunt v. Compare Provençal vantaire, -ador, Italian vantatore.

Now archaic.

a. A boaster or braggart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster

yelper1340

avaunterc1374

braggerc1390

fare-makerc1440

seggerc1440

shakerc1440

vaunter1484

roosera1500

praterc1500

cracker1509

vouster?a1513

boaster1574

Thrasoa1576

braggarta1577

braver1589

glorioser1589

bragout1592

rodomont1592

braggadocio1594

gloriosoc1599

puckfist1600

burgullian1601

puff1601

forthputtera1610

rodomontado1609

ostentator1611

fanfaron1622

potgun1623

thrasonist1626

cracka1640

vapourer1653

braggadocian1654

rodomontadist1655

charlatan1670

brag1671

rodomontade1683

gasconader1709

rodomontader1730

Gascon1757

spread eagle1809

bag of wind1816

penny trumpeter1828

spraga1838

gasser1855

blow-hard1857

blower1863

crower1864

gabber1869

flannel-mouth1882

punk-fist1890

skiter1898

Tartarin1903

blow1904

skite1906

poofter1916

trombenik1922

shooter of lines1941

fat-mouth1942

wide-mouth1959

Wheneye1982

trash talker1986

braggarist-

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vi. 83 By surete ben mesprysed many cowardes, vauntours, & many vayne semblaunces.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 28 Thai ar..grete vantouris of litill foredede.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxxiv. 104 These frenchmen ar great vantours and hyghe mynded.

1573 Tyne in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 29 Tratours,..vantars, luffars of thame selues mair than of God.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 112 Alas you know I am no vaunter I.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 79 A vanter or forth-putter is he, that boastes upon the Exchange, that he hath store of banke mony.

1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. E1^v If it prove not correspondent to my word, thinke me an idle vanter.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 347 Mistaken Vaunter! Diomed reply'd; Thy Dart has err'd, and now my Spear be try'd.

1718 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1902) VI. 125 A very pert, conceited Person, full of himself, and a mere Vaunter.

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. 222 De Ruyter's curled lip indicated his contempt of the vaunter.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vii. iii. 171 Now..thou shalt see if the Norman is the vaunter thou deemest him.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 146 Such is the unmasking of vaunters, who utter their wishes, as if they were already performances.

b. A boastful assertor, extoller, commender or praiser, of something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises > boastful

vaunter1553

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 95 b By vocation of life a souldiour is counted a great bragger, and a vaunter of hymselfe.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Vaunter of his owne vertues, aretalogon.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 202 Tongue-valiant Hero, Vaunter of thy Might.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 222 They are really no puffers, no vaunters of that which they possess.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vii. 313 The..large-mouthed frogs, (Those noisy vaunters of their shallow streams).

1866 Fortn. Rev. 5 540 The proud vaunter of universal knowledge had been transformed into the humble student of the Bible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vaunter
释义	vauntern. Brit. /ˈvɔːntə/, U.S. /ˈvɔn(t)ər/, /ˈvɑn(t)ər/ Forms: Middle English–1500s vantour, 1500s vauntour; 1500s Scottish vantar; 1500s–1600s vanter, 1600s– vaunter. Etymology: < Old French vantere, vanteor (Anglo-Norman vanteour ), vanteur (French vanteur ), < vanter vaunt v. Compare Provençal vantaire, -ador, Italian vantatore. Now archaic. a. A boaster or braggart. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster yelper1340 avaunterc1374 braggerc1390 fare-makerc1440 seggerc1440 shakerc1440 vaunter1484 roosera1500 praterc1500 cracker1509 vouster?a1513 boaster1574 Thrasoa1576 braggarta1577 braver1589 glorioser1589 bragout1592 rodomont1592 braggadocio1594 gloriosoc1599 puckfist1600 burgullian1601 puff1601 forthputtera1610 rodomontado1609 ostentator1611 fanfaron1622 potgun1623 thrasonist1626 cracka1640 vapourer1653 braggadocian1654 rodomontadist1655 charlatan1670 brag1671 rodomontade1683 gasconader1709 rodomontader1730 Gascon1757 spread eagle1809 bag of wind1816 penny trumpeter1828 spraga1838 gasser1855 blow-hard1857 blower1863 crower1864 gabber1869 flannel-mouth1882 punk-fist1890 skiter1898 Tartarin1903 blow1904 skite1906 poofter1916 trombenik1922 shooter of lines1941 fat-mouth1942 wide-mouth1959 Wheneye1982 trash talker1986 braggarist- 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vi. 83 By surete ben mesprysed many cowardes, vauntours, & many vayne semblaunces. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 28 Thai ar..grete vantouris of litill foredede. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxxiv. 104 These frenchmen ar great vantours and hyghe mynded. 1573 Tyne in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 29 Tratours,..vantars, luffars of thame selues mair than of God. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. iii. 112 Alas you know I am no vaunter I. View more context for this quotation a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 79 A vanter or forth-putter is he, that boastes upon the Exchange, that he hath store of banke mony. 1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. E1^v If it prove not correspondent to my word, thinke me an idle vanter. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 347 Mistaken Vaunter! Diomed reply'd; Thy Dart has err'd, and now my Spear be try'd. 1718 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1902) VI. 125 A very pert, conceited Person, full of himself, and a mere Vaunter. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. 222 De Ruyter's curled lip indicated his contempt of the vaunter. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vii. iii. 171 Now..thou shalt see if the Norman is the vaunter thou deemest him. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 146 Such is the unmasking of vaunters, who utter their wishes, as if they were already performances. b. A boastful assertor, extoller, commender or praiser, of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises > boastful vaunter1553 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 95 b By vocation of life a souldiour is counted a great bragger, and a vaunter of hymselfe. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Vaunter of his owne vertues, aretalogon. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 202 Tongue-valiant Hero, Vaunter of thy Might. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 222 They are really no puffers, no vaunters of that which they possess. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vii. 313 The..large-mouthed frogs, (Those noisy vaunters of their shallow streams). 1866 Fortn. Rev. 5 540 The proud vaunter of universal knowledge had been transformed into the humble student of the Bible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1484
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