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boyfriends

noun

plural of boyfriend

as in beaux

a male romantic companion her boyfriend always brings her flowers for Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of boyfriends She’s also joined by a range of boyfriends, with shoppers being able to pick one that has traditionally light or dark features. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 July 2026 There’s nothing like two boyfriends to do it for you every time. — Steve Wasserman, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026 Cricket’s heart is always pointed firmly toward Olympia’s, while her attention moves restlessly from him to a succession of other boyfriends and artists. — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026 As with Yarmosky, Holmes seemed to be having fun with these boyfriends, according to The Cut. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 The singer and Gomez met through their respective ex-boyfriends, Joe and Nick Jonas, in 2008. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 July 2026 By the 1990s, the rule book was hundreds of pages long, with lines as specific as which fork to use at dinner and directives to not speak about boyfriends in front of fans, according to Texas Monthly's podcast America's Girls. — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 By the time of Spencer’s conviction, arrests and prosecutions of such cases had nearly doubled and judges would no longer routinely grant bail to husbands or boyfriends who have been arrested. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2026 Husbands and boyfriends have been booking birthday celebrations and surprise date nights for their ladies. — Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026

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Noun

So are their girlfriends and wives, who support their beaus in stadiums and at home.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
Despite some very not-so-subtle hints from yours truly, my past beaus have never gifted me a handbag on Valentine’s Day, either.

— Michelle Baricevic, InStyle, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of beaux

Noun

The 13-year-old previously attended Lambrook School, Windsor, alongside his brother and sister but will now follow in the footsteps of his father and uncle, Prince Harry, at the prestigious all-boys boarding school.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Aug. 2026
Protesters and volunteer medics pull the two boys out of the car and try to treat their wounds.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of boys

Noun

But recently, two of my friends have suggested that their husbands, and mine, join us.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
More importantly, Paige says, their account has connected them with hundreds of people caring for husbands, children, parents and other relatives with traumatic brain injuries.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

Definition of husbands

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