Beaufort

[boh-fert]

noun

a male given name.

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Contemporary Examples of beaufort

The match took place on the final day of the Gloucestershire Festival of Polo, at the Beaufort Polo Club.
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Tom Sykes
June 18, 2012

Historical Examples of beaufort

The lawful sons of a Beaufort were not born to beg their bread!
Night and Morning, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
And Mr. Beaufort patted the sleek neck of his favourite hunter.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
So saying, Mr. Beaufort led the way to the courtyard at the back of the cottage.
Night and Morning, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Mr. and Mrs. Beaufort became persons of considerable importance.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The sorrow Mr. Beaufort had not relieved was now at his own hearth.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for beaufort

Beaufort

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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