What's a dude anyway?

Dude /dju :d/, dudes ; used in informal American English. A dude is 1 a man ; an old-fashioned use. EG…every damn dude in the platoon. 2 a black man who dresses in a showy style.

dude (dood, dyood) n. 1. Informal. An Easterner or city person who vacations on a ranch in the West. 2. Informal. A man who is very fancy or sharp in dress and demeanor. 3. Slang. A fellow; a chap. v. tr. dud·ed, dud·ing, dudes. Slang. To dress elaborately or flamboyantly: got all duded up for the show. [Origin unknown.]
Pronunciation Key Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third EditionCopyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

dude \Dude\, n. A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations. [Recent] The social dude who affects English dress and English drawl.
--The American. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

dude n : a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]

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