Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name used since mid-twentieth century.

Etymologies

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Shortened from surname type given names such as Beauregard or Beaumont, or from the word beau.

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Examples

  • "While the whole fish program does tack another six, seven hours onto my week with butchering, packing, etc., we still make more profit off this fish than we ever have before," said John Vestal, the chef at New Rivers in Providence, who goes by the name Beau.

    NYT > Home Page By JOAN NATHAN 2011

  • We took a lovely drive along Lake Geneva to the village of Mourge, where we turned off the main road, following a small route that gave access to the houses, or rather estates that lined the lake, one of which was called Beau Jardin.

    One From The Hart Stefanie Powers 2010

  • Then I called Beau at the shop to ask him to pick up lettuce.

    The Almost Archer Sisters Lisa Gabriele 2008

  • For a moment, Beau could see Adam Le Boeuf standing in front of the class, explaining Caesar's Gallic Wars, telling them all about the French hero Vercingetorix, a name Beau had never forgotten.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • For a moment, Beau could see Adam Le Boeuf standing in front of the class, explaining Caesar's Gallic Wars, telling them all about the French hero Vercingetorix, a name Beau had never forgotten.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • Anyway, the debate goes on and one thing we have to be careful is of words that mean something in English but in Dutch mean something else … … … …. .for example the name Beau is one I really like for a boy … … ….

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • The expression Beau-Tick (beautiful mark) is commonly used in Bordeaux with its many associations with Anglo-French Negociants.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3 1993

  • But most of all that thing they call a Beau rp#li 9tmir99.

    Poems on Several Occasions William Cameron 1813

  • 'Beau' -- well, he ain't exactly a Lord Nelson nor yet a Champion of

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • HEAR IT OBSCURE COUNTRY TRUCKER SONG Rain Beau Star 152

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6559 2009

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