Beaumont
beau·mont
noun
1.
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853)
3.
a city of southeastern Texas near Houston
Origin
Inherited from Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from beau (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain”). Cognate with French Beaumont. Doublet of Belmont.
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