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Definition of Cagliostro

1. Noun. Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795).

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cagliostro

cager cagers cages cagework cageworks cagey cageyness cageynesses cage in cagier

cagiest cagily caginess caginesses caging Cagliostro (current term) Cagney cagot cagots Cagot ear

cagoul cagoule cagoules cagouls cags cagy cagyness cahier cahiers Cahita

Literary usage of Cagliostro

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1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and by Thomas Bayly Howell (1817)
"Will any friend to liberty blame comte de Cagliostro, after ten months imprisonment in a dungeon, for having his (meaning the said comte de Cagliostro's) ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1903)
"Fascinated with the subject of magic and magicians, I visited the Bibliothèque Nationale and dipped into the literature on Cagliostro. ..."

3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1871)
"Cagliostro. Does he look happy or sad, and how is he dressed ? The Child. ... Cagliostro. Ask him by a token, yes or no, to reply to my thoughts. The Child. ..."

4. World Revolution: The Plot Against Civilization by Nesta Helen Webster (1921)
"Bulau adds that it was Cagliostro who brought about the admission of Jews to the masonic lodges. Cagliostro himself pretended to know nothing of his origin, ..."

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