Tasso

American

[tas-oh, tahs-saw] / ˈtæs oʊ, ˈtɑs sɔ /

noun

Torquato 1544–95, Italian poet.

Tasso British

/ ˈtasso /

noun

Torquato (torˈkwaːto). 1544–95, Italian poet, noted for his pastoral idyll Aminta (1573) and for Jerusalem Delivered (1581), dealing with the First Crusade

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“We want to make it as easy on the players as possible,” said Tasso Panopoulos, whose many responsibilities with the Chargers include having the loops ready to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024

German outsider Torquator Tasso was a shock 80-1 winner in the 100th running of Europe's richest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2021

Volunteers are also sent home with a Tasso device, which extracts blood samples for monthly testings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2020

Tasso Azevedo, coordinator of MapBiomas Alert, a partnership that validates deforestation alerts in Brazil, said the coronavirus outbreak had led Brazil to cut back on efforts to protect the Amazon.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2020

At the Weimar festival the work preceded Goethe's Tasso, being played as an overture.

From Franz Liszt by James Huneker

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