Romeo - English meaning

proper noun

(1725–98), italian adventurer; full name giovanni jacopo casanova de seingalt. he is famous for his memoirs describing his sexual encounters and other exploits.

noun

A man notorious for seducing women.

Usage examples:

‘i myself used to be a casanova - i was such a womaniser’, one youth told an evaluator.

verb

Behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions.

Usage examples:

She began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him

noun

A person who habitually flirts.

Usage examples:

Jim was an outrageous flirt

verb

To behave as if you are interested in someone, in a not serious way

Usage examples:

They were flirting with each other at the party., fig. if he gets deeper into debt, he’s flirting w…

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) brave; heroic.

Usage examples:

She had made gallant efforts to pull herself together

noun

A man who is charmingly attentive to women.

Usage examples:

He launches himself into a gallant's career of amorous intrigue

verb

(of a man) flirt with (a woman).

Usage examples:

Mowbray was gallanting the polish lady

noun

A young man paid or financially supported by a woman, typically an older woman, to be her escort or lover.

Usage examples:

The character decides to become a gigolo after discovering that it excites him when an older woman …

noun

A man who is paid by a woman to have sex with her or spend time with her

noun

An attractive, charming man who habitually seduces women.

Usage examples:

He has a reputation as a real ladykiller

noun

A man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.

Usage examples:

They are seduced by a handsome lothario who gains control of their financial affairs

noun

A man who has sex with a lot of different women

Usage examples:

She managed to turn a legendary lothario into a devoted husband.

noun

A partner in a sexual or romantic relationship outside marriage.

Usage examples:

I think she had a secret lover

noun

A partner in a romantic or physical relationship

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The remote island is ideal for nature lovers.

noun

An area of flat, dried-up land, especially a desert basin from which water evaporates quickly.

Usage examples:

This landscape of jagged mountains, desert playas, and massive canyons has yielded woolly-mammoth s…

noun

See player (sense 1).

noun

A person taking part in a sport or game.

Usage examples:

A tennis player

noun

A wealthy man who spends his time enjoying himself, especially one who behaves irresponsibly or has many casual sexual relationships.

Usage examples:

He isn't the marrying type, he's just a playboy

noun

A person taking part in a sport or game.

Usage examples:

A tennis player

noun

A person who entices someone into sexual activity.

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A serial seducer with no moral compass

noun

Someone who seduces people

Usage examples:

The play tells the story of a wealthy woman who seeks revenge on her heartless seducer.

noun

A large-headed piece of metal that pierces and projects from a surface, especially for decoration.

Usage examples:

The shape of the headrest follows zulu style, but brightly coloured plastics, insulation tape and m…

verb

Decorate or augment (something) with many studs or similar small objects.

Usage examples:

A dagger studded with precious diamonds

noun

An establishment where horses or other domesticated animals are kept for breeding.

Usage examples:

A stud farm

noun

A wild carnivorous mammal which is the largest member of the dog family, living and hunting in packs. it is native to both eurasia and north america, but is much persecuted and has been widely exterminated.

Usage examples:

Among wild dogs and wolves, the cooperative hunting pack includes both males and females, and they …

verb

Devour (food) greedily.

Usage examples:

He wolfed down his breakfast

noun

Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of north america and eurasia that usually hunt in packs

noun

A man who engages in numerous casual sexual affairs with women.

Usage examples:

A notorious womanizer who married four times

noun

A man who often has temporary sexual relationships with women or tries to get women to have sex with him

Usage examples:

He was a gambler, a womanizer, and a drunk., he had a reputation as a family man, but was actually …