beaux

[US]/bəʊ/
[UK]/boz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Beaus; gentlemen companions; courtly lovers; suitors; dandy dressers

Phrases & Collocations

handsome beaux

charming beaux

Example Sentences

he staked him to an education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Real-world Examples

You're so cute, all aflutter over your dinner with your new beau.

Source: Deadly Women

I used to think that Mary's beau was a Leonce but compared to this, he's practically a Hapsburg.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 2

For so many of them were her beaux and they tried to smile when they saw her.

Source: Gone with the Wind

As his tired eyes met hers, she broke off in embarrassment, shy as a girl with her first beau.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Mary's beau, Henry Talbot, has invited us all to watch him drive at Brooklands next week.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

It was wrong. He was Suellen's beau and he loved her, not me.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" Surely you can get a new beau, " I said.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

And this is your beau, is it?

Source: Downton Abbey Season 2

Didn't have any beau, Chris didn't.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Part Two)

He was Suellen's beau and he loved her, not me.

Source: movie

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