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Brummell   /brˈəməl/   Listen
Brummell

noun
1.
English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840).  Synonyms: Beau Brummell, George Bryan Brummell.





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"Brummell" Quotes from Famous Books



... opportunity was given me to redeem myself. I would prove that, although modest, I was a gentleman; that the blushing era of inexperience could be succeeded by one of calm grandeur. Chesterfield could never have been more quietly self-possessed; Beau Brummell more imperturbable. I would get by heart all the little formalities of the occasion, and, when the time came, I would ...
— The Blunders of a Bashful Man • Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
... "Beau Brummell" dispute, both sides, see the biographies of Richard Mansfield, by Paul Wilstach and William Winter. A Memorial Edition of "The Plays of Clyde Fitch," edited by Montrose J. Moses and Virginia Gerson, 4 vols., has been issued by Little, Brown ...
— Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: - Introduction and Bibliography • Montrose J. Moses


Words linked to "Brummell" :   dude, sheik, swell, dandy, beau, gallant, George Bryan Brummell, fop, fashion plate, clotheshorse


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