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Jackanapes N Impertinent Person Guileless Desires Lord Country

Word jackanapes
Definition n. An impertinent person.
Sentence Such a one is certainly not guileless, but desires to be lord in the country and make a jackanapes of you.
Source Martin Luther, On Secular Authority, p. 45a

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