† ostenˈtator Obs.
[a. L. ostentātor, agent-n. from ostentāre (ostentate); cf. F. ostentateur, 1535.]
An ostentatious person; a bragger, boaster.
| 1611 Cotgr., Ostentateur, an ostentator, boaster, bragger, vaunter. 1639 W. Sclater Worthy Commun. 38 And yet who such ἀλάζονες, and Thrasonicall ostentatours of antiquity as these? 1642 T. Morton Presentm. Schismatic 3 When this ostentator shall look behind him and see..what number of Disciples he draweth behind him. |