Beau
[bəʊ] or [bo]
Definition
(n.) A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.
(n.) A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.
Typist: Sonia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fop, dandy, coxcomb, exquisite, macaroni, popinjay, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress.[2]. Gallant, lover, admirer, suitor, sweetheart, CICISBEO.
Editor: Nita
Definition
n. a man attentive to dress or fashion: a fop or dandy: a lover:—pl. Beaux (bōz):—fem. Belle.—n. Beau′-idē′al ideal excellence or an imaginary standard of perfection: the person in which such is realised.—adj. Beau′ish.—ns. Beau′-monde the gay or fashionable world; Beaupere′ (Spens.) a term of courtesy for 'father ' esp. of ecclesiastical persons: a companion.
Checker: Wade
Examples
- Nest-ce pas que c'est beau? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- An old beau must have time for prating. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She was occupied in knitting; a large cat sat demurely at her feet; nothing in short was wanting to complete the beau-ideal of domestic comfort. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- J'aime mon beau Colonel, she went on: je n'aimerai jamais son rival. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There is nothing that is so much one's beau-ideal of--of all that sort of thing, speaking generally. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Beau Brummell, at this moment, passed immediately between Lord Petersham and this interesting family party. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I believe, sir, addressing the beau smirkingly, I fancy, sir, I have had the pleasure of meeting you before? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As to your grandchildren, Will is now 19 years of age, a tall, proper youth, and much of a beau. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- What an appalling beau-costume he wears! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And all was consternation in the _beau ch?teau de Hampton! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My two venerable favourites, Mr. Helstone and Mr. Yorke, it is true, are fine old beaus, infinitely better than any of the stupid young ones. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And some of your beaux may perhaps be brought to flirt with her, poor thing! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And had you a great many smart beaux there? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Yet I never deceived him, and I endeavoured to live on nothing, at my nurse's in Somers Town, _pour ses beaux yeux_, as long as I possibly could. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In the room downstairs we mustered a tolerably brilliant number of _beaux_ about us, for Paris; but Paris was not London. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Worcester is gone to his papa's, at Badminton; and I, being sworn to constancy, have no other _beaux_ to write about. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When I called on Sophia I generally found two or three beaux talking nonsense to her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My two beaux seemed bent on sitting each other out; the difficulty was to hit upon subjects for conversation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I tried this method of making a little Whig of myself, _pour les beaux yeux de milord_ Ponsonby. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Va pour les beaux fats et les jolis fripons! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Oh, said Amy, withdrawing her hand, I must never flirt, nor have any beaux again, I must now lead a pure, virtuous, chaste, and proper life. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typed by Jack