| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo |
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| (kaz-uh-NOH-vuh, kas-uh-NOH-vuh) An eighteenth-century Italian author whose adventurous life and Memoirs gave him a permanent reputation as a lover. | 1 |
| ‡ A “Casanova” is a flamboyant and irresponsible male lover. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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