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8 definitions found for Casanova

WordNet (r) 3.0
Casanova n 1: an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798) [syn: Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt] 2: any man noted for his amorous adventures

English Etymology Dictionary
Casanova 1888, from Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seignalt (1725-98), legendary debaucher.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)
Casanova I. noun Etymology: Giacomo Girolamo Casanova Date: 1852 lover; especially a man who is a promiscuous and unscrupulous lover II. biographical name Giovanni Giacomo 1725-1798 originally Giacomo Girolamo Casanova; alias Jean-Jacques, Chevalier de Seingalt Italian adventurer & memoirist

Oxford English Reference Dictionary
casanova
n. a man notorious for seducing women.
Etymology: G. J. Casanova de Seingalt, It. adventurer d. 1798

Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Casanova
n. a man notorious for seducing women.
Etymology: G. J. Casanova de Seingalt, It. adventurer d. 1798

English Explanatory Dictionary
Casanova n. a man notorious for seducing women. [G. J. Casanova de Seingalt, It. adventurer d. 1798]

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907)
Casanova painter, born in London, of Venetian origin; painted landscapes and battle-pieces (1727-1806).

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "Casanova": Artful Dodger, Don Juan, Lothario, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, Romeo, actor, amoroso, bamboozler, beau, befuddler, beguiler, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, charmer, chaser, counterfeiter, debauchee, deceiver, deluder, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, double-dealer, duper, enchanter, entrancer, esquire, faker, fellow, flame, fooler, forger, gallant, gay deceiver, gay dog, gigolo, hoaxer, hypnotizer, inamorato, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, lady-killer, leg-puller, libertine, lothario, love-maker, lover-boy, man, masher, mesmerizer, misleader, necker, old man, paramour, petter, philander, philanderer, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, practical joker, profligate, ragger, rake, rakehell, rip, role-player, roue, rounder, seducer, sheik, skirt chaser, spoofer, squire, sugar daddy, swain, swinger, tease, teaser, walking phallus, wanton, wolf, woman chaser, womanizer, young man




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