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CAGLIOSTRO

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Overview

CAGLIOSTRO (noun)
  The noun CAGLIOSTRO has 1 sense:

1. Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


CAGLIOSTRO (noun)


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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