Definition of Beau Brummell

1. Noun. English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Beau Brummell

Beat Generation
Beatle
Beatlehead
Beatleheads
Beatlemania
Beatlemaniac
Beatlemaniacs
Beatles
Beatlesque
Beatley
Beatrice
Beatrice Lillie
Beatrice Webb
Beau
Beau's lines
Beau Brummell (current term)
Beauceron
Beaucerons
Beauchamp
Beaufort
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort scale
Beaujolais
Beaumont
Beaumontia
Beaumontia grandiflora
Beauvaria
Beauvoir
Beaver State

Literary usage of Beau Brummell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Longer Plays by Modern Authors [American] by Helen Louise Cohen (1922)
"The verdict, printed in the New York Dramatic Mirror, pronounced that "Beau Brummell is very far from perfection in its dramatic construction. ..."

2. English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop (1906)
"Beau Brummell AND CLOTHES ' A person, my dear, who will probably come and speak to us; ... Life of Beau Brummell,1 Captain Jesse. Those who care to make the ..."

3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... the fame of Beau Brummell lives. Since his star was eclipsed, England has, properly speaking, had no beau, and indeed no character to supply the vacancy ..."

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