Definizione monolingua

beau

beau

1. to drink
2. I drink.

beau (plural beaux or beaus)

1. (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21

     “I do not comprehend the meaning of the word. But this I can say, that if he ever was a beau before he married, he is one still, for there is not the smallest alteration in him.”

     “Oh! dear! one never thinks of married mens’^[sic] being beaux—they have something else to do.”

2. (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
   • 1917, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, p. 142:

     Hannahs beau takes all her time n thought, and when she gits a husband her motherll be out o sight and out o mind.

   • 2009, Philippa Bourke, Monsters and Critics [1], Dec 10, 2009:

     Kristin Davis has taken time out to enjoy the surf and sand with her Australian beau, photographer Russell James.

3. A male escort.

beau m. (feminine bele)

1. beautiful; handsome; attractive; pretty
   • circa 1190, Marie de France, Lai de isclavret:

     beaus chevalers e bons esteit
     e noblement se cunteneit.

     Hansome knight and good was he
     and he behaved nobly.

Definizione dizionario beau

bellimbusto

cicisbeo

pretendente

Altri significati:

(dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.

boyfriend

A male escort.

dandy

(dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.