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Beaumont

[ boh-mont ]

noun

  1. Francis, 1584–1616, English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher.
  2. William, 1785–1853, U.S. surgeon.
  3. a city in SE Texas.
  4. a male given name.


Beaumont

1

/ ˈbəʊmɒnt /

noun

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


Beaumont

2

/ ˈbəʊmɒnt /

noun

  1. BeaumontFrancis15841616MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatist 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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Example Sentences

While in the area, take in some of the local culture at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, and treat yourself to a Dreamcatcher IPA from the Neches Brewing Company.

Drinking through two nonstop rainy days saw my friend Beaumont’s Caftan Party on Saturday.

Last September, Exxon shut its Beaumont refinery in Texas because of flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda.

From Fortune

Other contributing writers on the original series included Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, and Earl Hamner, Jr.

I saw some oil wells when we came through Beaumont, and I am quite sure you would not like them at all.

One of this family, Edouard Beaumont, was one of my earliest friends.

De Beaumont seems to us to do more justice to Lamartine than Mr. Senior himself does.

Steevens quotes Beaumont and Fletcher to this effect, and this will probably explain the epithet "hindering."

Whether as founder or guest it is more than likely he would take occasional part in the wit combats of which Beaumont has sung.

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