blusterer

English

Etymology

From bluster +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

blusterer (plural blusterers)

1. A person who blusters.
   • 1970, Time, volume 96:

     The Syrian force was pulled back quickly and with reportedly heavy losses, but it stayed around long enough to remind the world that the Syrians are still the biggest blusterers and brinkmen in the Middle East.

   • 1992 July/August, “Naked City”, in Spy, page 18:

     If entertaining TV blusterer John McLaughlin felt any contrition after ponying up a six-figure sum to settle a sexual-harassment suit in 1989, he is evidently over it.

Translations

a person who blusters

Albanian: angërduf (sq) m Bulgarian: деребе́й (bg) m (derebéj) Finnish: suupaltti (fi) French: matamore (fr) m German: Aufplusterer m, Wichtigtuer (de) m Irish: gal (ga) m, bliústar m, bolscaire m, galach m Latin: calcitrō m