mid-14c., "chronicler writing in French," from Old French romanceour, from romanz (see romance (n.)). Later, "one inclined to romantic imagination" (the main sense 19c.); modern use for "seducer, wooer" of a romantic quality appears to be a new formation c. 1967 from romance (v.).
双语例句
1. You keep twenty pounds in reserve, do you , you young romancer?
你留下20英镑, 是不是, 你这个小传奇作家?
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2. There are some and prosaic people who carp and calculate at every detail of the romancer.
