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beau

beau [ ] (plural beaus or beaux [ bōz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
1. boyfriend: a boyfriend or male admirer ( dated )

2. fashionably dressed man: a man always smartly dressed in the most fashionable clothes ( archaic )

[Late 17th century. < French< beau "beautiful" < Latin bellus (see beauty)]
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