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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Olga, on the other hand just, like, moves on, when her beau is killed in that duel, finding a soldier to dote on in the very next scene.—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 While Swift and her Super Bowl-winning beau will be surrounded by plenty of close friends and loved ones on their special day, there are reportedly a few people who won’t be there to celebrate with them.—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 2 June 2026 Kim Kardashian is enjoying some relaxing fun in the sun with her new beau.—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026 Horror star Maika Monroe is with her beau Dalton Gomez.—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 May 2026 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