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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Those accompanying videos, both of which feature her beau, actor Aaron Pierre, count 2.2 million and 1.2 million views, respectively, on YouTube.—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025 Tracing her whereabouts leads first to current beau Money (Method Man), who joins Jaxen in the search.—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025 The former couple announced their engagement in December The singer-songwriter, 27, and her music producer beau have broken off their engagement, PEOPLE confirms.—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 31 July 2025 Zendaya and her longtime beau Tom Holland are in no rush to head down the aisle, according to her stylist Law Roach.—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 29 July 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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