beau
noun
[ bəʊ ]
• a boyfriend or male admirer.
Similar:
boyfriend,
sweetheart,
lover,
fiancé,
darling,
partner,
significant other,
escort,
young man,
admirer,
suitor,
follower,
steady,
date,
fancy man,
swain,
• a rich, fashionable young man; a dandy.
Similar:
dandy,
fop,
gallant,
cavalier,
man about town,
swell,
toff,
boyf,
dude,
blade,
blood,
coxcomb,
popinjay,
Origin:
late 17th century (in beau (sense 2)): from French, literally ‘handsome’, from Latin bellus .
