Fauntleroy


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Fauntleroy /ˈfɔːntlərɔɪ/ (also Little Lord Fauntleroy)
noun an excessively well-mannered or elaborately dressed young boy.
– origin from the name of the boy hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886).
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