Meaning

4 senses
  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.

  3. A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.

  4. (derogatory)A womanizer.

More definitions
  • an ardent male lover

Examples

42 sentences
  1. He didn't know Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.

    deEr wusste nicht, dass Shakespeare "Romeo und Julia" geschrieben hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. There was bad blood between the two families in "Romeo and Juliet."

  3. Romeo and Juliet is on at the theater.

  4. Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

    deWer hat „Romeo und Julia“ geschrieben? — Waldelfe

  5. Romeo is the man Juliet loves.

    Ромео — чоловік, якого кохає Джульєта. — deniko

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

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Forms

plural: Romeos
SingularRomeo
PluralRomeos

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
boyfriend:boyfriendA1beauman friend
man who is a great lover:lover boy

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlothario

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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