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cupid

 noun
     
cu‧pid
1RM [singular] the Roman god of sexual love, represented as a beautiful boy with wings who is carrying a bow and arrow
2 [countable] an image of this god, used to represent love
3

play cupid

to try to arrange for two people to fall in love with each other:
She vowed never to play cupid again.
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