Sekirov Dictionary

beau

UK /ˈbəʊ̯/US /ˈboʊ̯/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 4

noun4

A suitor of a lady.
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(old-fashioned) A male lover; a boyfriend.
- 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. — 1917
A male escort.
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(old-fashioned) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
- [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. — 1824

verb1

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To act as a beau (towards); to court or woo.
- “[…] 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.” — 1943

forms

beaued · beauing · beaus · beaux

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