Usually means: Attractive male romantic partner, suitor.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. beau: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Beau, beau: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beau: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. beau: Collins English Dictionary
  5. beau: Vocabulary.com
  6. Beau, beau: Wordnik
  7. beau: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Beau, beau: Wiktionary
  9. beau: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. beau: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. beau: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Beau, beau: Dictionary.com
  13. beau: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Beau (guitarist), Beau (name), Beau (poem), Beau: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Beau: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. beau: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. beau: Rhymezone
  18. Beau, beau (belle): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. beau: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. beau: Free Dictionary
  21. beau: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Beau, beau: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. beau: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. beau: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. beau: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. beau, beau: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. beau: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
noun:  (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
noun:  A male escort.
noun:  A suitor of a lady.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To act as a beau (towards); to court or woo.
noun:  A male given name used since mid-twentieth century.

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