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Old actor, not an evil sort
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valentino
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"gigolo, good-looking romantic man," 1927, from Italian-born U.S. movie actor Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), who was adored by female fans. His full name was Rodolfo Guglielmi di Valentino , from the Latin masc. proper name Valentinus (see Valentine ).
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"Valentino" was the Spanish entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen , Norway . It was sung by the male quartet Cadillac and performed in Spanish . On the night of the final, the song performed in the ninth position, following Turkey 's Klips ...
Usage examples of valentino.
Dennis had about as much intention of being a househusband as Valentino did.
I boarded the plane with my overnighter on one shoulder and Valentino in his bag on the other.
He took my bag and Valentino, threw an arm around me, and guided me to the car.
He woke me when we reached the lighthouse, carried everything inside, and got Valentino set up while I stared out at the sea.
When I awoke, Valentino was sitting inches from my face, staring at me with large obsidian eyes.
I had already checked it out with his nurse, and would never have taken Valentino if there had been the slightest chance of a problem.
I came to understand more thoroughly with every hour I spent in learning more about events, there was no better place to seek for mercenaries than in the train of Duke Valentino, as Cesare had come to be known since the King of France had bestowed certain lands and titles on him.
Duke Valentino took the opportunity to express his regret for any inconvenience I might have suffered on the occasion of our first, quite accidental, encounter years ago.
And you, Duke Valentino, will surely not maintain that you have become the Church?
I had no plans to become the enemy of Valentino, who from my first hour in his service, down to my last, had treated me well.
Thus a considerable period elapsed in which I saw neither Lucrezia nor Cesare, though news of Duke Valentino did reach me on rare occasions.
Pope, Julius II, a harsh autocrat who had long been a Borgia rival and was certainly no friend to Valentino now.
I entered the tent Duke Valentino rose from his folding camp chair, his dark eyes lighting up with joy at the sight of my face.
After that I shall depart, and if the matter is left up to me, I shall never lay eyes again on Duke Valentino in this world.
All who saw him said later that Valentino acted in a bellicose, drunken fashion, all but losing control of his horse, superb horseman that he had always been.