Cagliostro

[kal-yoh-stroh; It. kah-lyaws-traw]

noun

Count A·les·san·dro di

[ah-les-sahn-draw dee] , (Giuseppe Balsamo), 1743–95, Italian adventurer and impostor.

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Cagliostro (Italian kaʎˈʎostro)

—n
	Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743--95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry

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