Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
- Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
noun
Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)
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Alessandro Cagliostro — Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the alias of the occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (also called Joseph Balsamo), an Italian adventurer. Contents … Wikipedia
Cagliostro — noun Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743 1795) • Syn: ↑Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, ↑Giuseppe Balsamo • Instance Hypernyms: ↑sorcerer, ↑magician, ↑wizard, ↑necromancer, ↑thaumaturge … Useful english dictionary
CAGLIOSTRO, COUNT ALESSANDRO DI — assumed name of an arch impostor, his real name being Giuseppe Balsamo, born in Palermo, of poor parents; early acquired a smattering of chemistry and medicine, by means of which he perpetrated the most audacious frauds, which, when detected… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Cagliostro — biographical name Count Alessandro di 1743 1795 originally Giuseppe Balsamo Italian adventurer … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cagliostro — /kal yoh stroh/; It. /kah lyaws trddaw/, n. Count Alessandro di /ah les sahn drddaw dee/, (Giuseppe Balsamo), 1743 95, Italian adventurer and impostor. * * * … Universalium
Cagliostro — Ca•glios•tro [[t]kælˈyoʊ stroʊ[/t]] n. big Count Alessandro di, (Giuseppe Balsamo), 1743–95, Italian adventurer and impostor … From formal English to slang
Cagliostro — /kælˈjɒstroʊ/ (say kal yostroh) noun Count Alessandro di /alɛˈsandroʊ di/ (say ahle sahndroh dee) (Giuseppe Balsamo), 1743–95, unscrupulous Italian adventurer and supposed magician …
Alessandro Cagliostro — Portrait Giuseppe Balsamo Portrait Lorenza Feliciani … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cagliostro, Alessandro, Count di — ▪ Italian charlatan original name Giuseppe Balsamo born June 2, 1743, Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [Italy] died Aug. 26, 1795, San Leo, Papal States charlatan, magician, and adventurer who enjoyed enormous success in… … Universalium
Giuseppe Balsamo — noun Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743 1795) • Syn: ↑Cagliostro, ↑Count Alessandro di Cagliostro • Instance Hypernyms: ↑sorcerer, ↑magician, ↑wizard, ↑necromancer, ↑thaumaturge, ↑ … Useful english dictionary