Florio
[ flawr-ee-oh, flohr- ]
/ ˈflɔr iˌoʊ, ˈfloʊr- /
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noun
John, 1553?–1625, English lexicographer and translator.
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Florio
/ (ˈflɔːrɪˌəʊ) /
noun
John . ?1553–?1625, English lexicographer, noted for his translation of Montaigne's Essays (1603)
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