A man of fashion and pleasure; a fine gentleman. (Sometimes with added notion of A. 5.) archaic.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male (37) gallant1388 A man of fashion and pleasure; a fine gentleman. (Sometimes with added notion of A. 5.) archaic. wamfler15.. ? A beau, gallant. rutter1506 A cavalry soldier, especially a German one, of the kind employed in the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. younkera1522 A young man; (in early use) spec. a lively or fashionable young man. Cf. youngster, n. 1. Now rare (historical in later use). fine gentleman1575 A gentleman of refined manners and tastes; spec. a fashionable man who is distinguished by elegance and correctness in dress and manners. In later… cavalier1589 A gentleman trained to arms, ‘a gay sprightly military man’ (Johnson); gen. a courtly gentleman, a gallant. (Like gallant, also applied about… whisker1595 A person who whisks or moves briskly about; a lively young gallant: cf. whisking, adj. 1c. jinglespur1604 One who jingles his spurs; a cavalier. bravery1616 A gallant, a beau; also collective gallants, grandees, chivalry. Obsolete. brisk1621 A ‘brisk’ or smart person; a gallant, a fop. (Cf. A. 3 above.) chevalier1630 As an appellation of honour: A chivalrous man; a lady's cavalier; a gallant. man about town1647 colloquial. man (also woman,etc.) about town and variants: a person who mingles in the pursuits or society of the town; spec. one who is… man of mode1676 of mode: (following a noun) fashionable, in fashion; chiefly in man of mode. Cf. fashion, n. 12. Obsolete (archaic in later use). man of distinction1699 sprag1707 A lively young man. rare (Scottish (Shetland) in later use). sparky1756 A spark or gallant. blood1763 Frequently in plural. At public schools and some universities: a person whose dress or behaviour is emulated by others; a leader of fashion. Now rare… swell1786 colloquial, originally slang. A fashionably or stylishly dressed person; hence, a person of good social position, a highly distinguished person. Corinthian1819 (From the proverbial wealth, luxury, and licentiousness of ancient Corinth). A ‘swell’; a man of fashion about town. galliard1828 A gay fellow; a man of fashion. archaic. mondain1833 A man who belongs to aristocratic or fashionable society; a male inhabitant of the beau monde. toff1851 Originally among people of lower social status: a person who is stylishly dressed or who has a smart appearance; a swell; (hence) one of the… flâneur1854 A lounger or saunterer, an idle ‘man about town’. Also transferred. Johnny1883 In specific uses. Sometimes as an abbreviation of the fuller names treated at compounds 1. colloquial. Also with lower-case initial. An idle… silver-tail1898 (see quots.). knut1911 A fashionable or showy young man; = nut, n.1 6c. lounge lizard1918 a man who spends his time idling in fashionable society, esp. in search of a wealthy patroness. old buster1919 A form of address to (or occasionally a term for) a person, esp. a man, variously expressing affection, familiarity, disrespect, or hostility… Hooray Henry1959 A type of loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; now spec. a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man… Subcategories:— collectively (5) — condition of (2) — characteristic of (1) |
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