beau
Other forms: beaux; beaus
A beau is an old-fashioned term for "boyfriend." When your great-grandmother was young, she probably had a beau.
Beau means "handsome" in French. Pronounce it the same way the French do, with a long o: "boh." The word recalls more innocent times, when gentleman courted their ladies and skirts barely rose above ankle level. You'll hardly ever hear beau used today, unless you're watching a movie, play or television drama set in the past.
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a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
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a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearancesynonyms: clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swellexamples:George Bryan BrummellEnglish dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840)types:macaronia British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerismstype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing beau
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