Brummell

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The Regency-era London dandy George Bryan, nicknamed Beau, who set men's fashion ; a fastidious man who dresses with extreme elegance and care
2. Regency London's celebrated arbiter of elegance George Bryan, known as Beau ; any man who is excessively concerned with fashion and fine manners
3. George Bryan, the nineteenth-century English fashion leader called Beau ; a vain, meticulously groomed fop who cares intensely about appearance

Etymology: The spelling "brummell" is a variant of Bramhall, a name built from two Old English words: "brōm," meaning broom (the yellow-flowered shrub), and "healh," meaning a corner, angle or nook. The name therefore describes a place where broom grew, a sheltered spot marked by the plant. Names like this were often given to farmsteads and fields, and surnames were frequently taken from such places, so the original sense of the name was a literal description of the land.