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Definition of cameo noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cameo

noun
 
/ˈkæmiəʊ/
 
/ˈkæmiəʊ/
(plural cameos)
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  1. a small part in a film or play for a famous actor
    • a cameo role/appearance
    Topics Film and theatrec2
  2. a short piece of writing that gives a good description of somebody/something
  3. a piece of jewellery that consists of a raised design, often of a head, on a background of a different colour
    • a cameo brooch/ring
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French camahieu, cama(h)u; later influenced by Italian cam(m)eo, from medieval Latin cammaeus, related to the Old French word.
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