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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fanfaron \Fan"fa*ron\, n. [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farf[=a]r talkative.] A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]