the main character in the 19th century children's book Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett. He is an American boy who becomes an English lord when his father dies, and has long blond curly hair, neat clothes, and behaves well and politely.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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