beau
noun/bəʊ/
/bəʊ/
(plural beaux
(old-fashioned)/bəʊz/
/bəʊz/
, beaus)- 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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