'Beau' definitions:
Definition of 'beau'
(from WordNet)
noun
A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn: boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]
noun
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
Definition of 'Beau'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a suitor or lover. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'beau'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amoroso,
- Beau Brummel,
- beloved,
- blade,
- blood,
- boulevardier,
- boyfriend,
- caballero,
- Casanova,
- cavalier,
- cavaliere servente,
- clotheshorse,
- coxcomb,
- dandy,
- Don Juan,
- dude,
- esquire,
- exquisite,
- fashion plate,
- fellow,
- fine gentleman,
- flame,
- fop,
- fribble,
- gallant,
- gentleman friend,
- gigolo,
- inamorato,
- jack-a-dandy,
- jackanapes,
- lady-killer,
- Lothario,
- love-maker,
- lover,
- macaroni,
- man,
- man-about-town,
- masher,
- necker,
- old man,
- petter,
- philanderer,
- puppy,
- Romeo,
- seducer,
- sheik,
- spark,
- sport,
- squire,
- steady,
- sugar daddy,
- swain,
- sweetheart,
- swell,
- truelove,
- young man