ro ‧ me ‧ o BrE AmE , Romeo /ˈrəʊmiəʊ $ ˈroʊmioʊ/ noun ( plural romeos ) [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Romeo , lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet (1594) ]
a man who tries to attract all the women he meets in a ↑ romantic or sexual way – often used humorously ⇨ Casanova