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▪ I. flaunter, n.|ˈflɔːntə(r)|
[f. flaunt v. + -er1.]
One who flaunts.
1598Florio, Porta pennachij, a tosse feather, a flanter, a swaggrer. 1681T. Jordan London's Joy 14 No Ranters or Vaunters or Chanters or Flaunters. 1719D'Urfey Pills I. 5 St. James's Square, And Flaunters there. 1742Warburton Note on Pope's Ess. Man iv. 194 (Jod.) The pride of heart is the same both in the flaunter, and the flutterer. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 400 The painted flaunter of the city. 1883Punch 8 Sept. 120/2 Foolish flaunter caught By studied smile and calculated leer.
▪ II. ˈflaunter, v. intr.
a. Sc. To quiver; also fig. (see quot. 1808).
b. U.S. ? To caper. Hence ˈflauntering ppl. a.
1768Ross Helenore ii. 332 An' prest her flaunt'ring mou' upon her lips. 1808Jamieson, Flanter, 1. To waver, to be in some degree delirious. 2. To waver, to flinch, to faulter in evidence or narration. 1840P. Parley's Ann. I. 215 Neddy..flauntered and scampered again over the drying ground. |