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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEAU, n. bo. plu. beaux, boze.[L. bellus.]
A man of dress; a fine, gay man; one whose great care is to deck his person. In familiar language, a man who attends a lady.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn: boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]
2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural beaux or beaus) Etymology: French, from beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty Date: 1683 1. dandy 1 2. boyfriend 2

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. beaux or beaus) 1 esp. US an admirer; a boyfriend. 2 a fop; a dandy. Etymology: F, = handsome, f. L bellus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Beau Beau, n.; pl. F. Beaux (E. pron. b?z), E. Beaus. [F., a fop, fr. beau fine, beautiful, fr. L. bellus pretty, fine, for bonulus, dim. of bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. Belle, Beauty.] 1. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy. 2. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(beaux, or beaus) A woman's beau is her boyfriend or lover. (OLD-FASHIONED) = suitor N-COUNT: oft poss N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Fop, dandy, coxcomb, exquisite, macaroni, popinjay, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress, carpet knight, ladies' man. 2. Gallant, lover, admirer, suitor, sweetheart, cicisbeo.

Moby Thesaurus

Beau Brummel, Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Romeo, amoroso, beloved, blade, blood, boulevardier, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, dude, esquire, exquisite, fashion plate, fellow, fine gentleman, flame, fop, fribble, gallant, gentleman friend, gigolo, inamorato, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, lady-killer, love-maker, lover, macaroni, man, man-about-town, masher, necker, old man, petter, philanderer, puppy, seducer, sheik, spark, sport, squire, steady, sugar daddy, swain, sweetheart, swell, truelove, young man