beaumont

1. 1.

   United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)

   SynonymsWilliam Beaumont

   Broadersurgeon
2. 2.

   English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616)

   SynonymsFrancis Beaumont

   Broaderdramatist
3. 3.

   a city of southeastern Texas near Houston

   Broadercity

   Part ofTexas

Other forms of beaumont

plural

beaumonts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about beaumont

What does beaumont mean?

beaumont means "United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beaumont?

beaumont has 2 syllables: beau-mont. The stress falls on "beau". In IPA it is /ˈboʊmɔnt/.

What is another word for beaumont?

Close synonyms include William Beaumont, Francis Beaumont. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beaumont a common word?

beaumont is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.