dandy; dude; fashionable man
Refers to a man who is stylish, well-dressed, and often somewhat showy or flamboyant. Can carry a slightly old-fashioned or literary flavor.
He's always a dandy, wearing stylish clothes.
That dude has a good sense of hats.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes seen.
Katakana variant, uncommon.
Formed from 伊達, “showy or stylish dress and behavior,” and 者, “person,” denoting a fashionable or ostentatious man.