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Definition of beau noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

beau

noun
 
/bəʊ/
 
/bəʊ/
(plural beaux
 
/bəʊz/
 
/bəʊz/
, beaus)
(old-fashioned)
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  1. a woman's male partner or friend
    Word Originlate 17th cent. (referring to a rich, fashionable young man): from French, literally ‘handsome’, from Latin bellus.
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