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BEAUMONT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Beaumont mean?
• BEAUMONT (noun)
The noun BEAUMONT has 3 senses:
1. United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
2. English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616)
3. a city of southeastern Texas near Houston
Familiarity information: BEAUMONT used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Beaumont; William Beaumont
Instance hypernyms:
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)
Sense 2
Meaning:
English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Beaumont; Francis Beaumont
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A city of southeastern Texas near Houston
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Beaumont" is a part of...):
Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)
Context examples
That night, wearied as I was after the wonderful happenings of the day, I sat late with McArdle, the news editor, explaining to him the whole situation, which he thought important enough to bring next morning before the notice of Sir George Beaumont, the chief.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Of course, Beaumont was the real boss; but he lived in the rarefied atmosphere of some Olympian height from which he could distinguish nothing smaller than an international crisis or a split in the Cabinet.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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