Romeos

Variant of Romeo

Romeo definition

Ro·meo (rō′mē ō′)

noun pl. Romeos -·os′

  1. the hero of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), son of Montague and lover of Juliet, daughter of Capulet: at the death of the lovers their feuding families become reconciled
    1. a man who is an ardent lover
    2. a philanderer
  3. ☆ a man's house slipper with elastic in the sides

Etymology: It < Romolo < L Romulus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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