Beaumont

[ boh-mont ]

/ ˈboʊ mɒnt /

noun

Francis,1584–1616, English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher.

William,1785–1853, U.S. surgeon.

a city in SE Texas.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for beaumont

The first, third and fourth are names of plays by Beaumont and Fletcher.

Essays |Ralph Waldo Emerson
I said Mr. Beaumont because he was—at Newport—so good a friend of yours.

Lady Barbarina |Henry James
She was from Beaumont, she said, and she told me things too horrible to repeat.

The Downfall |Emile Zola
His Beaumont and Fletcher, 1647, which has been lately trotted up to a startling figure by the Americans, cost me 30s.

The Confessions of a Collector |William Carew Hazlitt

About this truth Beaumont weaves a shroud of unsullied beauty, a poetry that has rarely been surpassed.

Francis Beaumont: Dramatist |Charles Mills Gayley

British Dictionary definitions for beaumont (1 of 2)

Beaumont ¹

/ (ˈbəʊmɒnt) /

noun

a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)

British Dictionary definitions for beaumont (2 of 2)

Beaumont ²

/ (ˈbəʊmɒnt) /

noun

Francis . 1584–1616, English dramatist, who collaborated with John Fletcher on plays including The Knight of the Burning Pestle (1607) and The Maid's Tragedy (1611)

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