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Cagliostro

American  
[kal-yoh-stroh, kah-lyaws-traw] / kælˈjoʊ stroʊ, kɑˈljɔs trɔ /

noun

  1. Count Alessandro di Giuseppe Balsamo, 1743–95, Italian adventurer and impostor.


Cagliostro British  
/ kaʎˈʎostro /

noun

  1. Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry

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Readers may have heard of Mozart, but they’re less likely to be familiar with the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, the English spy Edward Bancroft or the book’s colorful villain, Count Alessandro Cagliostro.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

So Lupin and Jigen set their sights on the tiny nation of Cagliostro, the rumored origin of these counterfeits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021

Most people, however, will be familiar with Lupin as he appears in 1979’s The Castle of Cagliostro, the first film directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki.

From The Verge • Dec. 21, 2020

Mackay then proceeds to regale us with brief biographies of such noted occultists as Roger Bacon, Paracelsus, Dr. Dee, the Comte de St. Germain and Cagliostro.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2019

The field swarmed with charming frauds and con men, such as Cagliostro and the Count of Saint-Germain, who pretended not only to transmute the elements but also to hold the secret of immortality.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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