swanker

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swank

(swăngk)

1. Stylishness or elegance.

2. Swagger or pretension.

adj. swank·er, swank·est

Swanky.

intr.v. swanked, swank·ing, swanks

To move or act ostentatiously or pretentiously; swagger.

[Perhaps akin to Middle High German swanken, to swing.]

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swanker

(ˈswæŋkə)

an ostentatious person

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Chris Swanker, formerly Guardian's vice president of group and worksite markets, has been appointed chief executive officer of Avesis, which has 440 employees and is based in Owings Mills, MD with an operational center in Phoenix, AZ.

Guardian Life Insurance Closes Acquisition of Government Benefit Provider AvA"sis

Chris Swanker, formerly Guardian's vice president of group and worksite markets, has been appointed chief executive officer of AvA"sis, which has 440 employees and is based in Owings Mills, MD with an operational center in Phoenix, AZ.

Guardian Life Insurance Closes Acquisition of Government Benefit Provider AvA"sis

"We engaged PlanSource with some very specific objectives in mind," said Chris Swanker, Guardian vice president of Worksite and Specialty Markets for Guardian.