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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
beau
 
PRONUNCIATION:  b
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. beaus or beaux (  bz)
1. The boyfriend of a woman or girl. 2. A dandy; a fop.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from beau, bel, handsome, from Latin bellus. See deu-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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