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Beaufort

American  
[boh-fert] / ˈboʊ fərt /

noun

  1. a first name.


Beaufort British  
/ ˈbəʊfət /

noun

  1. Henry . ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)

  2. Lady Margaret , Countess of Richmond and Derby. ?1443–1509, mother of Henry VII. She helped to found two Cambridge colleges and was a patron of Caxton

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We were speaking last week at Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, where the division is deployed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Another AFP journalist on the Israeli side of the border saw smoke billowing behind the historic Beaufort Castle, a strategic position not far from Nabatieh that Israel captured last month.

From Barron's Jun. 20, 2026

Just over that line, the IDF has confirmed it has captured one of the key strategic prizes in the area - Beaufort Castle.

From BBC May 31, 2026

“I’m out here because I’m disgusted with what I’m seeing,” said Kersty Kinsey, a mother who was protesting near the Beaufort, S.C.,

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2026

When she was five or six years old, back in Beaufort, where she’d been born, she’d played with Negro children sometimes, running through the tobacco fields, playing hide-and-seek.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

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