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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Travis Kelce’s podcast and later becoming engaged to her beau of two years.—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Then Emily Simpson suggests a game to cheer up Shannon Storms Beador’s daughter Sophie, who came home from New York City for the weekend after being dumped by a beau.—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025 This isn't the first time that Hudson has been mistaken for wearing one of her beau's winning rings.—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Taylor Swift’s level of fame and attention from the public has never seemed to be a problem for her new beau, Travis Kelce.—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 Aug. 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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