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caro sposo

caro sposo noun: a dear husband.

Noun

caro sposo

  1. A dear husband.
    • Yes, he's the last person breathing I should elect for my caro sposo ; the man's well enough as an acquaintance […]1786, Frederic Pilon, He Would Be a Soldier, I.3
    • A little upstart, vulgar being, with her Mr. E., and her cara^([sic]) sposo, and her resources, and all her airs of pert pretension and under-bred finery.1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 274

Origin of caro sposo

From Italian caro (“dear”) sposo (“husband”).

Questions about caro sposo

What does caro sposo mean?
Caro sposo means a dear husband.
What part of speech is caro sposo?
Caro sposo is a noun.

Words near caro sposo in the dictionary

  1. carnyces
  2. carnying
  3. carnyx
  4. carnyxes
  5. Caro
  6. caro sposo
  7. Caro's acid
  8. Caro-Kann
  9. Caro-Kann Defence
  10. Caro-Kann Defense
  11. Caro-Kanns

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