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A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.dated
- [H]e could not but turn with ineffable contempt to the tawdry beaus and belles from the city, who presumed to mingle in the fashionable gala.
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A male lover; a boyfriend.CanadaUSdated
- 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.
- Kristin Davis has taken time out to enjoy the surf and sand with her Australian beau, photographer Russell James.
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A male escort.
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A suitor of a lady.
beau
bәu5 senses · 50 ms
Level C1
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To act as a beau (towards); to court or woo.ambitransitive
- “[…] And now to think that Laura’s teaching school, and Almanzo Wilder’s beauing her home.” ”Oh, no! He isn’t!” Laura cried out. “It isn’t like that at all. He came for me as a favor to Pa.”
- Everyone was feeling grandacious, as if getting dressed for a night of beauing.