beau
see also: Beau
Pronunciation Noun
Beau
Pronunciation
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see also: Beau
Pronunciation Noun
beau (plural beaux)
- (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- “I do not comprehend the meaning of the word. But this I can say, that if he ever was a beau before he married, he is one still, for there is not the smallest alteration in him.”
- “Oh! dear! one never thinks of married mens’
[ sic] being beaux—they have something else to do.”
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
- 1917, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, p. 142:
- Hannah's beau takes all her time 'n' thought, and when she gits a husband her mother'll be out o' sight and out o' mind.
- 2009, Philippa Bourke, Monsters and Critics , Dec 10, 2009:
- Kristin Davis has taken time out to enjoy the surf and sand with her Australian beau, photographer Russell James.
- 1917, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, p. 142:
- A male escort.
- A suitor of a lady.
- German: Beau
- Russian: де́нди
Beau
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /bəʊ/
- A male given name used since mid-twentieth century.
- 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter XXXV:
- 'Mees Melly, I hear she call her boy "Beauregard". You tell her I, René, approve and say that except for "Jesus" there is no bettaire name.'
- And though he smiled, his eyes glowed proudly at the name of Louisiana's dashing hero.
- 'Well, there's "Robert Edward Lee" ', observed Tommy. 'And while I'm not trying to lessen Old Beau's reputation, my first son is going to be named "Bob Lee Wellburn".'
- 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter XXXV:
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