beau









beau


< /boʊz/.

  1. a male lover or sweetheart.
  2. a frequent and attentive male escort for a girl or woman.
  3. a dandy; fop.

verb (used with object)

  1. to escort (a girl or woman), as to a social gathering.

noun plural beaux (bəʊ, bəʊz) or beaus (bəʊz)

  1. a lover, sweetheart, or escort of a girl or woman
  2. a man who is greatly concerned with his clothes and appearance; dandy
n.

“attendant suitor of a lady,” 1720, from French beau “the beautiful,” noun use of an adjective, from Old French bel “beautiful, handsome, fair, genuine, real” (11c.), from Latin bellus “handsome, fine, pretty, agreeable,” diminutive of bonus “good” (see bene-). Meaning “man who attends excessively to dress, etiquette, etc.; a fop; a dandy” is from 1680s, short for French beau garçon “pretty boy” (1660s).

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