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Romero

Romero is both a Spanish and an Italian surname meaning:

  1. A person on a religious journey or pilgrimage from Rome (possibly to Jerusalem); procession of elevated holy items
  2. The pungent botanical herb of rosemary symbolizing remembrance and fidelity
  3. A guardian of religious cemeteries or shrines
Romero (film)

Romero is a 1989 American biopic depicting the story of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life. The film stars Raúl Juliá as Oscar Romero, Richard Jordan as Romero's close friend and fellow martyred priest, Rutilio Grande, as well as actors Ana Alicia and Harold Gould. Although the film depicts true events, there are some fictional characters.

Romero (bullfighter family)

Romero is family of bullfighters from Ronda, Spain, dating back to the 18th century. The only other family with a comparable history in bullfighting are the Ordóñez, whose founder, Cayetano Ordóñez, "El Niño de la Palmas", was also from Ronda.

Notable members of this family are:

  • Francisco Romero
  • Juan Romero (bullfighter)
  • José Romero (bullfighter)
  • Pedro Romero
Romero (disambiguation)

Romero is a surname of Spanish origin.

Romero may also refer to:

  • Romero Lubambo (born 1955), Brazilian jazz guitarist
  • Romero Quimbo, Filipino politician and member of the Philippine House of Representatives
  • Romero Mendonça Sobrinho (born 1975), Brazilian football striker
  • Romero (film), a 1989 motion picture about assassinated Roman Catholic Bishop Óscar Romero
  • Romero Canyon, Arizona
  • Romero Rock, Antarctica
  • ARM Romero, a patrol vessel of the Mexican Navy
  • Trichostema lanatum, a shrub also called "romero" by Spanish explorers

Usage examples of "romero".

As she looked she saw Romero turn, scan the room, glance back to the ambassador, then move across and speak to one of the waiters.

Frank Romero made that movement which was now becoming familiar to her: he raised his arm, and appeared to mutter into his cuff.

He emerged from the shadowy recesses of this story they were working on: Hawthorne, 382 Romero, Hunter, McMullen.

Then Frank Romero opened the door, and the wheelchair, and its occupant came into sight.

Frank Romero may not be a Pascal Lamartine, but put him the other side of two-way glass with the right equipment, and he can perform perfectly well.

Gini glanced back and saw that the command had been given to Frank Romero, who began to usher these bystanders indoors.

As Hawthorne led her down the steps from the terrace and onto the lawn, both Romero and Malone moved into place behind him, about twenty yards back.

On the terrace, Frank Romero lifted his hand, and spoke into his wrist-mike.

From the terrace, Romero gave a small hand signal, and John Hawthorne, who had been standing as still as a statue, came back to life.

Shading her eyes from the sun, she saw that one was Romero, the other Malone.

His frown deepened, and time, already slow, was slowing even more, so the frown took an age to form, and the shout from twenty yards away took hours to reach them, and the fact that someone was running, both Malone and Romero were running, that too seemed to Gini to be happening very slowly and somewhere else.

He stood up and looked us over, went over and rechecked the bonds of the character named Romero and left us alone with the noise and stink.

The man called Romero reared up just beyond her, having apparently made the trip while we were talking.

He lifted a hand and slapped her off the stool, looked down at her for a moment, frowning, glanced around suspiciously and came stalking over to check on Romero and me.

He glanced around and laughed, and then I heard somebody shout over the pounding motor noises-and there was Romero on his feet, hopping like a kangaroo straight at Gunther.