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Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Romeo, lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet (1594)

romeo

 noun
     
ro‧me‧o , Romeo plural romeos [countable]
a man who tries to attract all the women he meets in a romantic or sexual way - often used humorously [↪ Casanova]
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