English Explanatory Dictionary

Cophetua

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A man who falls in love with a woman instantly and proposes immediate marriage.

Word forms

Cophetua Cophetuas

Etymology

Name of a character in the ballad of The King and the Beggar-maid, a king who falls in love with a beggar at first sight and marries her.

Derived words

Cophetuan

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