Crossword clues for beaus
beaus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beau \Beau\ (b[=o]), n.; pl. F. Beaux (E. pron. b[=o]z), E. Beaus (b[=o]z). [F., a fop, fr. beau fine, beautiful, fr. L. bellus pretty, fine, for bonulus, dim. of bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. Belle, Beauty.]
A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.
A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a suitor or lover.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of beau English)
Usage examples of "beaus".
She always wanted me to have lots of beaus and now when I do, she won't even set foot in the parlor when one of them is there.
No, Richard, you might as well admit the fact that Stella isn't the girl to win desirable beaus.
His daughter is teaching over in the Bugle Road school and she can't make up her mind which of her beaus to take.
And in the meantime, gentlemen,” he added with a stateliness that was natural to him, “I have business which takes me to-day to my brother-in-law’s, Monsieur de Beauséjour’s.
A sigh which none could have heard unmoved, and which was sufficient at once to have swept off a dozen beaus.