beau

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  1. noun The boyfriend of a woman or girl.
  2. noun A dandy; a fop.

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  • In a word, it happened then as it has often happened since on similar occasions, that the beau was afraid of the belle. —  History of King Charles II of England
  • This circumstance having been related by the Duke of York to the Prince of Wales, the beau was again invited to Carlton House. —  Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
  • Search this blog open letter from a Chicago woman to a nerdy ex-beau -- real or fictitious -- made it to the Best of Craigslist page. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Theron's long-term beau is Irish actor Stuart Townsend. —  Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie
  • Next up on our couple radar is Cameron Diaz and model-beau (and Aniston ex) Paul Sculfor. —  lipstick.com: celebrity news that matters to you
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French, from beau, bel, handsome, from Latin bellus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. As an adjective long obsolete; early modern English bew, from Middle English beu, bieu, beau, from Old French beau, biau, earlier bel, beal, bial, modern F. beau, bel, feminine belle, from Latin bellus, fair, beautiful, fine: see bel, bell. The noun is modern, and follows the F. in pron.; the Middle English adjective if still existent would be pronounced as in its deriv. beauty, q. v.
  2. from beau, n.
 

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