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Romeo

noun

Definition of Romeonext
as in lover

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  1. lover
  2. paramour
  3. Don Juan
Noun
  • The photographic record shows Wong arm-in-arm with numerous admirers, many of whom were her lovers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Llínas mugs the camera for laugh lines in the narration, rattles off a comically long list of Borges’ lovers, reveals halfway through that the score has been played, in part, off a toy xylophone.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of lover
Noun
  • Posing as a journalist, Tucker goes to interview the older man’s former paramour in Paris.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Stephen Cloobeck — a one-time California gubernatorial candidate ensconced in Democratic political circles — pleaded not guilty to witness tampering charges Friday related to a burglary case against his former paramour, OnlyFans model Adva Lavie.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of paramour
Noun
  • The painting comes from a series Brown made between 2016 and 2018 looking at 19th-century Romantic painting, particularly Delacroix’s The Shipwreck of Don Juan (1840) and Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa (1818–19).
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Despite his rakish lifestyle, Don Juan falls in love with innocent Adriana, infuriating the envious Lucrezia Borgia (Estelle Taylor), who plots to ruin the young lovers’ nascent romance.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of Don Juan
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