beaux

CEFRC2

/bəʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.

Examples

  • He was a charming beaux in his youth.

  • She was accompanied by several handsome beaux at the grand ball.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
1
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /bəʊz/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The beaux arts style is very ornate.

  • She said that girl ’d have three beaux, and that she'd marry the poorest one of the three. It all come out just as she’d said. The girl had three beaux, and she took and married the worst one of the lot.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

During the debutante ball, the heiress was courted by three handsome blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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