a city dweller, esp one holidaying on a ranch a dandy a person: often used to any male in direct address
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
dude /dud, dyud/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a man overly concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.
- Slang Termsa fellow:a cool dude.
- Dialect Terms[Western U.S.]a person from an Eastern city who vacations on a ranch.
dude
(do̅o̅d, dyo̅o̅d),USA pronunciation n., v., dud•ed, dud•ing.
n.
v.
n.
- a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.
- Slang Termsfellow;
chap. - a person reared in a large city.
- Dialect Terms[Western U.S.]an urban Easterner who vacations on a ranch.
v.
- dude up, [Informal.]to dress in one's fanciest, best, or most stylish clothes;
dress up:He got all duded up to go to the dance.
- origin, originally uncertain 1880–85, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
'dude' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):