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English Dictionary: bravado by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bravado
n
  1. a swaggering show of courage
    Synonym(s): bravado, bluster
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bravado \Bra*va"do\ (br[adot]*v[amac]"d[osl]), n., pl.
      {Bravadoes} (-d[osl]z). [Sp. bravada, bravata, boast, brag:
      cf. F. bravade. See {Brave}.]
      Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
  
               In spite of our host's bravado.               --Irving.
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