Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.

A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.

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for though I am afraid the doctor was a little of a coxcomb , he might be nevertheless very much of a surgeon.

* 2010 ,

And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb !" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"

The fleshy red pate of a rooster.

Noun

(en noun)

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers . Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}

A company that does the same.

One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.

(Burke)

A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.

A traditional French (Ragoût a la Financière'') or Piemontese (''Finanziera alla piemontese ) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.