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fanfaron (FAN fuh ron) (s) (noun), fanfarons (pl)
1. A swaggering boaster or braggart about doing something successfully: A fanfaron is someone who talks with excessive pride about his or her achievements.
2. Etymology: from French and Spanish fanfarron, "braggart"; Italian fanfano, "babbler, an excessive talker".
Someone who brags or expresses a lot of pride.
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