toff

toff

T0247600 (tŏf)n. Chiefly British Slang A member of the upper classes, especially one who is elegantly dressed.

---

[Probably variant of tuft, a gold tassel worn by titled students at Oxford and Cambridge.]

toff

(tɒf) ninformal Brit a rich, well-dressed, or upper-class person, esp a man[C19: perhaps variant of tuft, nickname for a titled student at Oxford University, wearing a cap with a gold tassel]

toff

(tɒf)

n. Brit. Informal. dandy [1850–55; perhaps alter. of tuft (referring to a titled undergraduate at Oxford or Cambridge)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

toff - informal term for an upper-class or wealthy personnobman of means, rich man, wealthy man - a man who is wealthy

Translations

damerinoelegantone