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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Casanova \Casanova\ n.
1. an Italian adventurer (Giovanni Giacomo Casanova; b. 1725; d. 1798) who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters. [WordNet 1.5]
2. any man noted for his amorous adventures. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Casanova
noun
1: an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798) [syn: {Giovanni Jacopo Casanova}, {Casanova de Seingalt}, {Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt}]
2: any man noted for his amorous adventures
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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