conceited person

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It seems to be a very searching test whether a man is a conceited person or an unaffected person, to be required to furnish his autograph to be printed underneath his published portrait.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various

He is the antithesis of a conceited person.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills

"Aren't you rather a conceited person?" she asked mildly.

From The Vision of Desire by Pedler, Margaret

"Now I say, the most conceited person in the world is a district major of the landwehr at forty-two."

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various

"Betty Nelson," she scolded, slipping the pretty dress over her head, and keeping her eyes severely away from the mirror, "you'll be getting conceited next; and if there's anything I hate, it's a conceited person."

From The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys by Hope, Laura Lee