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CAGLIOSTRO
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• CAGLIOSTRO (noun)
The noun CAGLIOSTRO has 1 sense:
1. Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)
Familiarity information: CAGLIOSTRO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cagliostro; Count Alessandro di Cagliostro; Giuseppe Balsamo
Instance hypernyms:
magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)
Context examples
Sir John Mandeville redivivus—Cagliostro—all the imposters and bullies in history.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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