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beau    Audio Help   [boh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural beaus, beaux    Audio Help   [bohz] Pronunciation Key, verb
–noun
1.a frequent and attentive male companion.
2.a male escort for a girl or woman.
3.a dandy; fop.
–verb (used with object)
4.to escort (a girl or woman), as to a social gathering.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < F < L bellus beautiful]

—Related forms
beauish, adjective

—Synonyms 3. peacock, swell, blade, dude, coxcomb.
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beaux    Audio Help   [bohz; Fr. boh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a pl. of beau.
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Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942, American figure and portrait painter, b. Philadelphia. She studied in Philadelphia under William Sartain (see under Sartain, John) and Thomas Eakins, in Paris in the Julian and Lazar schools. A skilled technician, she won many honors through her long career. She painted a number of wealthy patrons and celebrities, among them Henry James, Clemenceau, and Cardinal Mercier. Well-known paintings include The Dancing Lesson (Art Inst., Chicago), Sita and Sarita (Corcoran Gall.), Portrait of Mrs. Dupont (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston), and self-portrait (Uffizi).

See her autobiography, Background with Figures (1930).

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