Brewer's: Petit-Maitre

A fop; a lad who assumes the manners, dress, and affectations of a man. The term arose before the Revolution, when a great $$$ was styled a grand-maître, and a $$$ one a petit-maître.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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