Romeo

noun

Definition of Romeonext
as in lover

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  1. lover
  2. paramour
  3. Don Juan
Noun
  • Bevins, sung by the tenor Jonah Hoskins, is a young gay man who slit his wrists after being jilted by a lover.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Russell Brand‘s wife has told a court that the Despicable Me star was a caring and considerate lover during the period in which he has been accused of rape.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of lover
Noun
  • Each episode shows the perspective of West’s Noah as well as his paramour, Ruth Wilson’s Allison.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Thank goodness Corey is on hand to remind Matt that his new paramour is the girlfriend of local mob boss Markos Szabo (David Dencik).
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of paramour
Noun
  • Seeking sense to her loveless existence, at least in the novel Ana attracts the predatorial lust of Magistral Fermín de Pas, her sensual confessor at La Vetusta cathedral, as well as the attentions of local Don Juan Álvaro Mejías.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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