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Meaning of guido | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈɡwidoʊ

Definitions

  1. An Italian or (especially) Italian-American man, especially a stereotypical working-class or lower-class, usually urban-dwelling one.
  2. A guidance officer.
    US, slang
  3. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Guy.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of guido.
    alt-of

Equivalents

Français Guido
Italiano Guido guido
Polski makaroniarz
Português Guido

Examples

“In a way, he looked like one of those guidos from MTV's Jersey Shore, but he resembled them only in appearance.”
“While the Black Team continued to monitor current conditions, off-console retrofire officers (RETROs), flight dynamics officers (FIDOs), and guidance officers (GUIDOs) were at work calculating the exact short-burn maneuver […]”
“There were to be four Guidance Officers for Apollo 1. Two “Guidos” were to be on the console for launch phase and two for orbit phase.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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