NERO

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• NERO (noun)
  The noun NERO has 1 sense:

1. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)

  Familiarity information: NERO used as a noun is very rare.

• NERO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; Nero; Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus

Instance hypernyms:

Emperor of Rome; Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Roman Empire)

 Context examples 

"You are like a murderer—you are like a slave-driver—you are like the Roman emperors!" I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula, etc. Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)