dewd

Noun

dude (plural dudes)

1. (Canada, US, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
   • So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".

   Synonyms:

   bloke, chap, cove, guy, boy, bro, broski, bruh, cat, chappy

2. (colloquial) A term of address for someone, often but not exclusively a man, particularly when hailing, cautioning them or offering advice.
   • Hey, dude, how's it going?

   Synonyms:

   bro, buddy, mate, old chap

3. (slang) A tourist.
   • Dudes are at least as entertaining as cows, even when they don't mean to be. A cow can’t voice that honestly curious question that turns a poor cowboy into a laughing fool the way a dude can. Probably nothing in the world can move a cowboy more than a newborn calf's clean, good looks and actions...2006 July–August, J. P. S. Brown, “Hard to Replace: Bill Scott Knows the Value of a Good Horse, a Good Customer, and a Way of Life”, in American Cowboy, Sheridan, Wy.: American Cowboy, →ISSN, →OCLC...
4. (derogatory) A birder who has expensive clothing and equipment, but scant knowledge of birds, their fieldmarks, habits, etc.
   • I am forever slagging off some poor harmless dude or pitiful demented twitcher[.]1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 1
5. (archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
   • When the dude dons gloves couleur de chien jaune éclairé de la lune—1883 March 7, “Signs of Spring”, in Puck, volume XIII, number 313, New York, N.Y.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, →OCLC, page 21

   Synonyms:

   dandy, fop, masher, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb

6. (US, historical) In the west, a city slicker with scant knowledge of horses, cattle, or frontier survival.
   • Up to the time, Ranse Foster had been a nobody in particular - a dude from the East, quietly inquisitive, moving from one shack town to another; just another tenderfoot[.]1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 91

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