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Romeo [roh-mee-oh] Examples noun
- the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
- any man who is preoccupied with or has a reputation for amatory success with women.
- a lover: She found her Romeo at a charity ball.
- (used in communications to represent the letter R.)
- a male given name.
Related Words for romeo gallant, lover, wooer Examples from the Web for romeo Contemporary Examples of romeo
Like Romeo and Juliet, we lived in different worlds — until now.
Kara Cutruzzula
December 28, 2014
His first theater role was as Friar Laurence in a UVA production of Romeo and Juliet.
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November 4, 2014
In the first scene in Romeo and Juliet, in which we meet the nurse (and Juliet), Lady Capulet asks how old Juliet is.
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Lois Leveen
October 10, 2014
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Rich Goldstein
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Historical Examples of romeo
In the same way Romeo turns from Rosaline to Juliet at first sight.
Frank Harris
Romeo and Juliet was to be performed in the afternoon, and Julius Caesar in the evening.
St. John G. Ervine
She did not stand at the end of the road waiting for Romeo to come to her.
St. John G. Ervine
There was a copy of Romeo and Juliet perched on top of a pile of books.
St. John G. Ervine
What sort of lover would Romeo have been had he lived on a diet of lentils?
St. John G. Ervine
British Dictionary definitions for romeo Romeo noun
- plural -os an ardent male lover
- communications a code word for the letter r
Word Origin for Romeo from the hero of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1594) Word Origin and History for romeo Romeo n.
“a lover, passionate admirer, seducer of women,” 1766, from the name of the hero in Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” (1590s).