Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character and quality of a beau; the state of being a beau: used sometimes, as in the extract, as a title.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Jocular The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated, humorous The state of being a
beau ; thepersonality of a beau.
Etymologies
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beau + -ship
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Examples
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Do you recollect how I danced his beauship into the ditch?
Paul Clifford — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Do you recollect how I danced his beauship into the ditch?
Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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