Definition of Fauntleroy

1. Noun. An excessively polite and well-dressed boy.

Exact synonyms: Little Lord Fauntleroy
Generic synonyms: Boy, Male Child

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fauntleroy

Fathometers
Fatiha
Fatihah
Fatima
Fatimah
Fatimid
Fatimide
Fatimides
Fatimids
Fatimite
Fatimites
Fats Domino
Fats Waller
Faulkner
Faulknerian
Fauntleroy
Faunus
Faust
Faustian
Fausto Paolo Sozzini
Faustus
Faustus Socinus
Fauve
Favism
Favre's dystrophy
Favre-Racouchet's disease
Favre-Racouchot syndrome
Fawcett
Fawkes

Literary usage of Fauntleroy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"I SLL fauntleroy, HENRY (1785-1824), tanker and forger, was born in 1785. His father, who bore the same names, was one of the original founders of the ..."

2. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1898)
"*Marsh & Co., and to their [ *28i 1 account, and that the same was entered in their pass-book, " Cash per fauntleroy." Messrs. Martin & Co. were the City ..."

3. The Chronicles of Crime: Or The New Newgate Calendar. Being a Series of by Camden Pelham, pseud Camden Pelham (1841)
"The apprehension of Mr. fauntleroy took place on the 10th of September 18-24, ... The name of the firm with which Mr. fauntleroy was connected was Marsh, ..."

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