Beau Brummell
[ bruhm-uh l ]
/ ˈbrʌm əl /
noun
George Bryan Brummell, 1778–1840, an Englishman who set the fashion in men's clothes.
an extremely or excessively well-dressed man; fop; dandy.
a dressing table for men, having a variety of elaborate arrangements of mirrors, candle brackets, etc. (invented in England in the late 18th century).
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Also Beau Brum·mel (for defs 2, 3).
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