toff

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

toff(n = noun.person) nob - informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person; Array

is a kind of man of means, rich man, wealthy man

toff, n. [Etym. uncertain.].

A fop; a beau; a swell. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

toff, n. & v. Brit. sl.
--n. a distinguished or well-dressed person; a dandy.
--v.tr. (foll. by up) dress up smartly.

Etymology

perh. a perversion of tuft = titled undergraduate (from the gold tassel formerly worn on the cap)