Beaufort

[ boh-fert ]

/ ˈboʊ fərt /

noun

a male given name.

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Examples from the Web for beaufort

The match took place on the final day of the Gloucestershire Festival of Polo, at the Beaufort Polo Club.
Kate's $500 Wellington Boots|Tom Sykes|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Wait till the afternoon train, and I'll go back to Beaufort with you.
True and Other Stories|George Parsons Lathrop
The Duke of Beaufort does not like it, but will support the measure.
The Greville Memoirs|Charles C. F. Greville
Mr. Punch drinks to his Grace of Beaufort in a cup of Badminton.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890.|Various

In that important interval, Colonel Maitland arrived from Beaufort, with the troops which had been stationed at that place.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 (of 5)|John Marshall
Beaufort opened the note, scanned the lines, and grew deadly pale.
The Grey Cloak|Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for beaufort

Beaufort

/ (ˈbəʊfət) /

noun

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

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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