Middle English Dictionary Entry
bragger(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bragger(e n. |
| Etymology | From braggen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An arrogant or boastful person, a braggart.
Associated quotations
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.142 : A Brutiner, A Braggere A-Bostede him Alse, And bad go pisse him with his plouh, pillede screwe!
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1348 : Euere ware þes Bretouns braggers of olde.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.80 : Neiþer bragger ne boster.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxlii : If hise clerkis cunne speke fayre latyne, lyȝen þei neuer so yuel as bostors & braggars, he aloweþ hem wele.
- ?a1500 The propyrte of (Hrl 7371)269 : London, globber; Sothery, great bragger.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)673 : Bosters, braggars, & brybores.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Names Hound (Chr)357/25 : Bragger.
Note: Modify gloss: also as name of a hound.