beau
noun
a male lover or sweetheart.
beaus
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pluralof beau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This is a huge limitation, as Flock has been used by officers to track not just exes but the new beaus with whom they have moved on.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
As fate would have it, all that time spent researching how bats find their beaus may have led to another pairing.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 14, 2024
Martha’s ambivalence regarding her beaus arose from an unsettled family life.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
A young bride-to-be hopes to uncover which of her mother’s old beaus is her real father in this romantic musical built around the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2019
I hadn’t seen a picture of her since she’d been in high school and now she was twenty-one and taught music and had lots of beaus.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
