Romeo

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Proper noun

1. One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet made famous by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.
2. The letter R in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Translations

• French: Roméo
• German: Romeo
• Italian: Romeo
• Portuguese: Romeu
• Russian: Роме́о
• Spanish: Romeo

Translations

• Italian: Roma

Noun

Romeo (plural Romeos)

1. (colloquial) A boyfriend.

   Have you met her latest Romeo yet?

2. A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
   • 1974, Black Belt (volume 12, number 4, page 11)

     Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance.

Synonyms

• (boyfriend) beau, boyfriend, man friend
• (man who is a great lover) lover boy qual informal

Translations

• Italian: romeo, casanova, dongiovanni

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