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a plural of beau.
a frequent and attentive male companion.
a male escort for a girl or woman.
a dandy; fop.
to escort (a girl or woman), as to a social gathering.
Contemporary Examples

Two weeks ago, journalists were arrested trying to capture shots of the beaux Arts mansion where the wedding will take place.
Wedding Kicks Off! Chris Wilson July 29, 2010

There could be no better place to honor the art of dressmaking than the most prestigious art school: the beaux Arts de Paris.
Tilda Swinton and Oliver Saillard Perform the Creation of Fashion in ‘Eternity Dress’ Sarah Moroz November 20, 2013

Historical Examples

Those are his beaux Arts pictures; extraordinary, aren’t they?
The Nest Builder Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

They work all day and promenade with their beaux all evening.
The Californians Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

This was the centre of the fashionable residence district in the old days, and the walk along the north side was the “beaux Walk.”
The Charm of Ireland Burton Egbert Stevenson

He has “two strings to his bow,” while she has two beaux “on a string.”
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 Various

Its proximity to the Court attracted all the fops and beaux, and it was the resort of fashionable and gay young idlers.
The Strand District Sir Walter Besant

And that will make him acquainted with thirty or forty beaux.
The Contrast Royall Tyler

It is scarcely to be expected that even our descendants will know much more of the Wits and beaux of former days than we now do.
The Wits and Beaux of Society Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton

And then, brother, the faces of the beaux are of such a lily-white hue!
The Contrast Royall Tyler

noun
a plural of beau
noun (pl) beaux (bəʊ; bəʊz), beaus (bəʊz)
a lover, sweetheart, or escort of a girl or woman
a man who is greatly concerned with his clothes and appearance; dandy
n.

“attendant suitor of a lady,” 1720, from French beau “the beautiful,” noun use of an adjective, from Old French bel “beautiful, handsome, fair, genuine, real” (11c.), from Latin bellus “handsome, fine, pretty, agreeable,” diminutive of bonus “good” (see bene-). Meaning “man who attends excessively to dress, etiquette, etc.; a fop; a dandy” is from 1680s, short for French beau garçon “pretty boy” (1660s).