Romeo

  1. Proper noun.  One of the main characters of William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet''.
  2. Proper noun.  A boyfriend.
  3. Proper noun.  A man who is a great lover.
  4. Proper noun.  By analogy with the Shakespearean character, a man who is in love with a woman from a family, party or country opposing his own.
  5. Proper noun.  A man who has married without the consent of his parents-in-law.
  6. Proper noun.  The letter ''R'' in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.