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French
Etymology
From esbroufer + -eur.
Pronunciation
Noun
esbroufeur m (plural esbroufeurs)
- show-off, braggart
1919, Marcel Proust, À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs:Swann […] était un vulgaire esbroufeur que le marquis de Norpois eût sans doute trouvé, selon son expression, « puant ».- Swann was a vulgar show-off whom the marquis de Norpois would no doubt have found, to use his expression, ‘uppity’.
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