Proper noun
Benois (plural Benois or Benoises)
A surname from French.
Korean ballet dancer Park Sae-eun was named best female dancer at the Benois de la Danse awards, one of the ballet world’s most prestigious honors, on Tuesday in Moscow. Source: Internet
The Westernizer artist and art historian Alexandre Benois was one such critic. Source: Internet
This practice, which Alexandre Benois calls "passé-ism," lends an air of timelessness and immediacy, making the past seem as though it were the present. Source: Internet