| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun beau.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (beau) | 1. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.[Wordnet]. 2. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.[Wordnet]. 3. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.[Websters]. 4. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BEAUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1645. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BEAUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Tips from 1870 | Usage: Beaus, Beaux. Some words ending in eau have only the English plurals, as bureaus, portmanteaus; others take both the English and the French plurals, as beaus, beaux; flambeaus, flambeaux; plateaus, plateaux; and still others take only the foreign plural; as, bateaux, chateaux, tableaux. Source: Slips of Speech. | ||
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Common Expressions: beau
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Beau Brady | Beau Brady (born October 11, 1981) is an Australian actor. (references) | ||
| Beau Brummell | English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Beau Brummell | George Bryan Brummell (June 7,1778 - March 30,1840), better known as Beau Brummell, was an arbiter of fashion in Regency England and a friend of the Prince Regent. He led the trend for men to wear understated but beautifully cut clothes, adorned with elaborately tied neckwear. Brummell is credited with introducing and bringing to fashion the modern man's suit worn with tie. The suit is now worn throughout the world for business and formal occasions, even though its origin is England. (references) | ||
| Beau geste | A gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Beau Gunderson | Beau Gunderson is the 2004 Washington state 5th legislative district Libertarian Party House of Representatives candidate. (references) | ||
| Beau ideal | 1: A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Beau Jocque | Beau Jocque (real name: Andrus Espre) (November 1 1952 - September 10 1999) was an American zydeco musician active in the 1990's. (references) | ||
| Beau monde | 1: The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: The fashionable elite. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Beau Nash | Beau Nash (1674-1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th century Britain. (references) | ||
| Beau Rivage | The Beau Rivage is a riverboat casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. It is located on a barge due to local law confining all casinos to mobile marine vessels. Originally owned by casino magnate Steve Wynn, the Beau Rivage is currently a property of MGM/Mirage Resorts. (references) | ||
| Beau Tibbs | Beau Tibbs was a character in Goldsmith's Citizen of the World, noted for his finery, vanity, and poverty. (references) | ||
| Beau Vallon | Beau Vallon is a beach resort on the north western coast of Mahé in the Seychelles. It is known as a base for diving and snorkeling. (references) | ||
| Beau Von Hinklywinkle | Von Hinklywinkle has been called smart and funny... the most interesting artist in Portland, period by The Portland Mercury's, Julianne Shepherd. Creates and narrates story-telling slideshows out of educational slides and found footage that navigate an uncomfortable gap between humor and pathos. In addition to presentations at his Bike-In Theatre (a cinema in the backyard), Von Hinklywinkle's performances have been presented at alternative spaces and punk clubs across the United States. (references) | ||
| Charles le Beau | Charles le Beau (October 18, 1701 - March 13, 1778), was a French historical writer. (references) | ||
| H. Beau Baez | H. Beau Baez is a professor of law at the [http://law.liberty.edu Liberty University School of Law], where he teaches courses in Torts and Taxation. (references) | ||
| The Beau | The Beau was an annual literary journal edited by Maurice Scully. It ran to three issues: 1981, 1982/83 and 1983/84. Although the journal was short-lived, its contributor list, featuring writers from Ireland, Britain and the United States, was impressive and it played an important role in the emergence of a number of experimental Irish poets. It also carried reproductions by a number of Irish artists. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: beau
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Beau Ideal | Literature | 1: The model of beauty or excellency formed by fancy. 2: (A ). My turn will come next. (Never used in a good sense, but always to signify the resentment of an injury.) 3: (Un ). A fine dashing fellow; an aristocrat every inch; the "lion" of society. The lion is the king of beasts. 4: The fashionable world: people who make up the coterie of fashion. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Beau pleader | Law | BEAU PLEADER, Eng. law. 1. Fair pleading. See Stultiloquium. 2. This is the name of a writ upon the statute of Marlbridge, 52 H. III. c. 11, which enacts, that neither in the circuit of justices, nor in counties, hundreds, or courts baron, any fines shall be taken for fair pleading; namely, for not pleading fairly or aptly to the purpose. Upon this statute this writ was ordained, directed to the sheriff, bailiff, or him who shall demand the fine; and it is a prohibition or command not to do it. Now Nat. Br. 596 2 Inst. 122; Termes de la Le 2 Reeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 70 Cowel; Crabb's Hist. of the Eng. Law, 150. The explanations given of this term are not very satisfactory. (references) | |
| Beau room | Slang | Noun. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: A room in the Alpha Chi house that is designated for hanging out with love interests in. Context: When a date brings you back to the house you may sit in the beau room and talk or continue the date. Social Source: Alpha Chi Omega. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
| Beau trap | Literature | A loose pavement under which water lodges, and which squirts up filth when trodden on, to the annoyance of the smartly dressed. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| BEAU TRAP | Slang in 1811 | 1: BEAU TRAP. A loose stone in a pavement, under which water lodges, and on being trod upon, squirts it up, to the great damage of white stockings; also a sharper neatly dressed, lying in wait for raw country squires, or ignorant fops. 2: CRUSTY BEAU. One that uses paint and cosmetics, to obtain a fine complexion. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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