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/boʊz/beausaboyfriend男友，情郎(Definition ofbeaufrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)Examples from literatureBut I'm an old woman, I am, and I've never had time to be a young one, and I've never had a beau nor nothing.I suppose you've had a beau some time or other.Is he your beau?Once he told her frankly that if she ever got a beau, he—Jimmy—was going to quit.Why, I vow, I could sometimes have taken him for a beau.ExamplesofbeaubeauIt was, he wrote, a distinctive character of thebeaumonde that they were ' all equally cautious of offending ' anyone.From theCambridge English CorpusThe politeness of thebeaumonde, in other words, begot the commercial world.From theCambridge English CorpusThe appellation "beau" used in the accompanying text indicates that he will not leave off without at least giving it a try.From theCambridge English CorpusThis is a fulsome statement of the validity of imputing a hereditary source of feeble-mindedness and the potentialbeaumonde of preventive procreation.From theCambridge English CorpusOwen's lack of status and wealth plus his misbehavior make him, in the eyes of the text, an unsuitablebeau.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, in comparing these two things, we mustbeauin mind that there are more children to-day than there were last year.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0They considered that the white administrator was thebeauidealof manhood.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We see people waiting in the cold while some young lady is ringing up herbeau.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That is thebeauideal human being for the health economist.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0She goes to visit herbeau, and finds him smartly-dressed and in conversation with a theatrical impresario.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He turns out to be her collegebeau.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They made no pretense of attempting to win seats, calling the effort abeaugeste to raise awareness.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I have been abeauthese forty-seven years, and it would not be fair to cut the young men out any longer.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The only other time that occurred was when, through a bizarre turn-of-events, her beau's wife was revived by paramedics after she was declared dead.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is built in the beaux arts architectural style.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/beau##