Romeo
Americannoun
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the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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any man who is preoccupied with or has a reputation for amatory success with women.
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a lover.
She found her Romeo at a charity ball.
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(used in communications to represent the letterR. )
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a male given name.
noun
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an ardent male lover
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communications a code word for the letter r
Etymology
Origin of Romeo
from the hero of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1594)
Example Sentences
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ROMEO: O.K. — uh, Juliet, Juliet … thou art like the morning sun!
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
ROMEO: Just one last thought — does thy nurse have a boyfriend?
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
ROMEO: Nay, nay, thrice times nay, I simply mean that like the sun, um, thou giveth life, and bring lightness all around …
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
ROMEO: I know, but thou seem’d to like it…
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
ROMEO, Juliet's best fellow, who learned that his road to true love ended in a cemetery.
From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Gordon, Irwin Leslie
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