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Romeo

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Ro·me·o  (rm-)
n. pl. Ro·me·os
A man who is devoted to lovemaking or the pursuit of love.
[After Romeo, the hero of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.]
Romeo [ˈrəʊmɪəʊ]
n
1. pl -os an ardent male lover
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) Communications a code word for the letter r
[from the hero of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1594)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.RomeoRomeo - an ardent male lover                
lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
Translations
Romeo [ˈrəʊmɪəʊ] N → Romeo
Romeo [ˈrəʊmiəʊ] (humorous) n → Roméo m
Romeo
n → Romeo m; (fig) → Herzensbrecher m; a Latin Romeo → ein Papagallo m (inf)


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That very evening, marked by Mr Kidd for the exposition of Catastrophism, had been marked by Sir Claude Champion for an open-air rendering of Romeo and Juliet, in which he was to play Romeo to a Juliet it was needless to name.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Dirk Stroeve had the passion of Romeo in the body of Sir Toby Belch.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
I would have you sit under a leafy tree side by side, and read together Romeo and Juliet; and then I would have you fall on your knees and on my behalf kiss the ground on which her foot has left its imprint; then tell her it is the homage of a poet to her radiant youth and to your love for her.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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