BEAU
NOUNS, PERSON
1597 ► BLADE a beau; a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau
1632 ► JACK-A-DANDY a beau, a fop, a dandy → contemptuous usage
1706 ► SPARK a beau, a lover, a suitor, a sweetheart
1824 ► CUPIDON a beau or Adonis
1829 ► GENTLEMAN FRIEND a beau; a boyfriend
1833 ► FELLER → FELLOW a beau; a woman’s sweetheart → Amer. dial.
1862 ► JEWLARKER a beau; a sweetheart → Amer. dial.
1862 ► JEWLARKY → JULARKY a beau; a sweetheart → Amer. dial.
1866 ► WAPPER a beau; a belle; a showy, vain, vulgar person → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► TIPPER a beau; a belle; one who dresses finely → Sc. (Bk.)
1939 ► JEWLARK a beau; a sweetheart → Amer. dial.
1952 ► JUSEM-SWEET a beau; a steady sweetheart → Amer. dial.
1975 ► BEST FELLOW a girl’s sweetheart; one’s beau → US colloq. (Bk.)
1975 ► HE-PAL a beau; a boyfriend → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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