Beaumont
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.
Historical Examples
The above is taken from Beaumont’s “Experiments on Digestion.”
Health, Happiness, and Longevity Louis Philippe McCarty
These Magyars, by the way, seem not to have been noticed by Mr. Beaumont.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein
He had bound up Beaumont’s wound, which luckily was not deep, and ordered Miss Hisgins straight to bed.
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder William Hope Hodgson
Beaumont lies in the more famous Poets’ Corner at Westminster.
Bell’s Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral George Worley
Inferior replica by Giorgione of the Beaumont picture in London.
Giorgione Herbert Cook
But how does this accord with the following place in Beaumont and Fletcher?
Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 Various
Though the prisons were thrown open, the Beaumont family still lingered near the abode wherein they had been so long inhumed.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 Jane West
It was included in the folio of Beaumont and Fletcher of 1679.
A Life of William Shakespeare Sidney Lee
The rural scene with its graphic humours of the soil is Beaumont’s.
Francis Beaumont: Dramatist Charles Mills Gayley
“And before we know who she is to be,” said Mrs. Beaumont, carelessly.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) Maria Edgeworth
noun
a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
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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