- 1the Roman god of love who is shown as a beautiful baby boy with wings, carrying a bow 2and arrow Cupid had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart.
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- 2cupid [countable] a picture or statue of a baby boy who looks like Cupid little cupids painted in the clouds on the ceiling Idioms
to try to start a romantic relationship between two people Sandy has played Cupid to dozens of couples since she set up a dating agency six years ago.
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