beau

  • 41beau — n. (colloq.) a steady beau * * * [bəʊ] (colloq.) a steady beau …

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  • 42beau — [[t]bo͟ʊ[/t]] beaux, beaus (plural) N COUNT: oft poss N A woman s beau is her boyfriend or lover. [OLD FASHIONED] She appeared with her new beau. Syn: suitor …

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  • 43beau — noun, dated 1) Sally and her beau Syn: boyfriend, sweetheart, lover, darling, partner, significant other, escort, young man, admirer, suitor; informal main squeeze, boy toy 2) an eighteenth century beau …

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  • 44beau — UK [bəʊ] / US [boʊ] noun [countable] Word forms beau : singular beau plural beaux UK [bəʊz] / US [boʊz] or beaus UK [bəʊz] / US [boʊz] old fashioned 1) a woman s boyfriend or lover 2) a well dressed fashionable man …

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  • 45beau — noun (plural beaux or beaus) Etymology: French, from beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty Date: 1683 1. dandy 1 2. boyfriend 2 …

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  • 46beau — 1. noun /bəʊ,boʊ/ a) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop. “<!...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… …

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  • 47beau — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Romeo, amoroso, beloved, blade, blood, boulevardier, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, dude, esquire, exquisite, fashion plate …

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  • 48Beau — jüngerer englischer Name französischen Ursprungs, Bedeutung: der Schöne. Namensträger: Beau Bridges, US amerikanischer Schauspieler …

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  • 49beau —    a woman s male sexual partner    Not necessarily beautiful, but paying court to her and, especially if she is married to another, implying that she has a sexual relationship with him:     You don t do it famously. ... I haven t heard a word of …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 50beau — /boʊ / (say boh) noun (plural beaus /boʊz / (say bohz) or beaux /boʊ / (say boh), /boʊz / (say bohz)) 1. a boyfriend or lover of a girl or woman. 2. an escort of a girl or woman. 3. Chiefly British a dandy; fop. {Middle English, from Old French,… …