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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

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

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