Her beaux between marriage generally fell into two categories: ineffectual pretty boys or handsome brutes.—Joanne Kaufman, People, 21 Mar. 1988This was essentially the vehicle that had been perfected, through more than a century or two, for—and by—a continuing line of fops, beaux, macaronis, dudes, bucks, blades, swells, bloods and mashers.—Osbert Sitwell, The Scarlet Tree, 1975
She introduced us to her latest beau.
her new beau brought flowers when he picked her up for their first date
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When McCaffery announced his new role at Butler in September, Clark celebrated her beau's accomplishment in a post on Instagram.—Natasha Dye, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025 Chelsea and her older beau, Rick, who so far seem to have a healthy connection in The White Lotus season three.—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Mar. 2025 Taylor Swift And Trump As always, the Super Bowl is sure to be full of famous faces, including Taylor Swift, who is expected to be cheering on her beau Travis Kelce again this year.—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2025 Kelce's brother, former Eagles center Jason Kelce, recently confirmed that Swift will be at the Super Bowl to cheer on her beau.—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beau
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Etymology
borrowed from French, from beau, bel (masculine), belle (feminine) "beautiful, good-looking," going back to Old French bel, going back to Latin bellus, probably going back (via *duellos, assimilated from *duenlos) to *dwenelos, diminutive of *dwe-nos "good" (whence Old Latin duenos, Latin bonus) — more at bounty
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