Fauntleroy suit

noun

A boy's formal suit consisting of a velvet cutaway jacket and matching knee pants, worn with a fancy blouse and a large lace or ruffled collar.

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Meanings

nounFauntleroy suit (plural Fauntleroy suits)

plural Fauntleroy suits

  1. A boy's formal suit consisting of a velvet cutaway jacket and matching knee pants, worn with a fancy blouse and a large lace or ruffled collar.

Origin

Described in the children's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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Fauntleroy suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fauntleroy%20suit

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“Fauntleroy suit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fauntleroy%20suit. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fauntleroy suit,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fauntleroy%20suit.

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