Etymology

Beaufort

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Today it means: A type of French cheese originally from Beaufort-sur-Doron. Full definition →

French Beaufort
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  1. French · borrowed fromBeaufort
  2. English todayBeaufort

Borrowed from French Beaufort, from beau (“beautiful”) + fort (“fort”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.