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ostentator

ostentator noun: a boaster, ostentatious person.

Noun

ostentator (plural ostentators)

  1. (archaic) a boaster, ostentatious person
    • […]to bee an ostentatour of mine eloquenice.1602, Theorremωn: Or, the Ancient and Most Comfortable Golden-mouth'd Father St. Chrysostome ... Treating on Severall Places of Holy Scripture: Selected and Translated Faithfully ... by J....

Forms of ostentator

pluralostentators
alternative formostentatour

Origin of ostentator

Latin ostentātor.

Questions about ostentator

What does ostentator mean?
Ostentator means a boaster, ostentatious person.
What part of speech is ostentator?
Ostentator is a noun.
What is the plural of ostentator?
The plural of ostentator is ostentators.

Words near ostentator in the dictionary

  1. ostentatious
  2. ostentatiously
  3. ostentatiousness
  4. ostentative
  5. ostentatively
  6. ostentator
  7. ostentators
  8. ostentatory
  9. ostentatrix
  10. ostented
  11. ostenting

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