Cagliostro

[ kal-yoh-stroh; Italian kah-lyaws-traw ]

/ kælˈyoʊ stroʊ; Italian kɑˈlyɔs trɔ /

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noun

Count A·les·san·dro di

[ah-les-sahn-draw dee], /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ di/, Giuseppe Balsamo, 1743–95, Italian adventurer and impostor.

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How to use Cagliostro in a sentence

But Count Cagliostro's career of jugglery and fraud was nearly over.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
Cagliostro was ordered by the Inquisition to explain the meaning of this paper.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
Cagliostro looked with horror upon the ashes of the Bacchante.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847|Various
To her and Cagliostro three chapters are devoted; both are admirably sketched, and many illustrative anecdotes of them are told.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various

There he remained until his death, August 20, 1695—just a century before Cagliostro came to the same end.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4|Henry Charles Lea

British Dictionary definitions for Cagliostro

Cagliostro

/ (Italian kaʎˈʎostro) /

noun

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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