beau

beau  (b)

n. pl. beaus or beaux (bz)

1. The boyfriend of a woman or girl.

2. A dandy; a fop.

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

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beau [bəʊ]

n pl beaux [bəʊ bəʊz], 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

[from French, from Old French biau, from Latin bellus handsome, charming]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beau - a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" boyfriend, swain, young man, fellow lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
	2.	beau - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance fashion plate, fop, gallant, dandy, dude, clotheshorse, sheik, swell coxcomb, cockscomb - a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments macaroni - a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

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beau

noun (Chiefly U.S.) boyfriend, man, guy (informal), date, lover, young man, steady, escort, admirer, fiancé, sweetheart, suitor, swain, toy boy, leman (archaic), fancy man (slang) She appeared with her new beau.

Translations

beau [bəʊ]

A. N (beaus, beaux (pl)) [bəʊz] (= fop) → petimetre m, dandy m; (= ladies' man) → galán m; (= suitor) → pretendiente m; (= sweetheart) → novio m

B. ADJ beau ideal → lo bello ideal; (= person) → tipo m ideal

beau [ˈbəʊ] [beaux] [ˈbəʊ ˈbəʊz ˈbəʊ ˈbəʊz] (pl) [beaus] [ˈbəʊz] (pl) n (old-fashioned) (= boyfriend, lover) → petit ami m

beau

n (old)

(= dandy) → Beau m (dated)

(= suitor) → Galan m (dated), → Kavalier m