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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from the medieval personal name Ponc(h)e, Pons (see Ponce).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Ponts in La Manche and Seine-Maritime, Normandy, from Latin pontes ‘bridges’ (see Pont).English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a fop or dandy, from points ‘laces for hose’ (see Pointer 1).
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English
English : variant of Loveless. The spelling is apparently the result of folk etymology, which understood the word as a nickname for a dandy fond of lace. The modern sense of this word is, however, not attested until the 16th century and at the time of surname formation it meant only ‘cord’ or ‘shoelace’.
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English
English : from the personal name, a pet form of Andrew.
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English
English : from Middle English pe, pa, po ‘peacock’, with the later disambiguating addition of cok ‘male bird’, hence a nickname for a vain, strutting person or for a dandy. In some cases it may be a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a peacock. This surname is established in Ireland also.
Male
English
 Short form of English names beginning with Gay-, such as Gabriel "man of God" or "warrior of God," and Gaylord, GAY means "dandy." Compare with feminine Gay.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a respelling of the Old French byname Gaillard, GAYLORD means "dandy."Â
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English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : nickname from Old French cointerel ‘beau’, ‘dandy’, ‘fop’.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Gaylord, GAYELORD means "dandy."
Boy/Male
French American
Handsome. Famous namesakes: 19th-century British dandy Beau Brummell, AKA George Bryan Brummell;...
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English (Suffolk, Essex)
English (Suffolk, Essex) : unexplained.French : habitation name from Moye in Haute-Savoie.Dutch (de Moye) : nickname from Middle Dutch moy, moeie, ‘fine’, ‘handsome’, denoting a well-dressed person or a dandy.Spanish : see Moya.
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n.
A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
n.
The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness.
n.
A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
v. t.
To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.
a.
Like a dandy.
v. t. & i.
To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.
n.
One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
n.
A dandy roller. See below.
n.
One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
n.
A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.
v. i.
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
n.
A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
n.
A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
n.
One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy.
n. fem.
Alt. of Dandy-hen
n.
A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.
n. & v.
A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
n. fem.
A bantam fowl.
n.
A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.
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