Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who loves another, especially one who is involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with another.
- noun A couple who are in love with each other.
- noun One who is fond of or devoted to something.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete comparative of lief.
- noun An obsolete form of
louver . - noun One who loves; one who has a feeling of love or earnest liking for any person or thing; a zealous admirer: as, a lover of good men or of Christianity; a lover of books or of science; a lover of wine.
- noun Specifically, one who is enamored; a person in love: now used in the singular almost exclusively of the man, though formerly also of the woman, while the plural is still commonly used of both: as, a lover and his sweetheart; a pair of lovers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
louver . - noun One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.
- noun A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing.
- noun One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.
- noun One who is involved in a sexual relationship with another
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who deeply and strongly
loves and cares for another person in a romantic way, asweetheart , love, soul-mate,boyfriend , orgirlfriend . - noun A sexual partner.
- noun A person who truly and deeply
loves something;connoisseur .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- noun a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
- noun an ardent follower and admirer
Etymologies
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Examples
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And when I asked her why, she answered that her lover -- she has a _lover_, the minx -- had told her that the Colonel held secret talks with the witches, and though I laughed at this, it has set me thinking.
The Old Stone House and Other Stories Anna Katharine Green 1890
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_An abbess, arising in haste and in the dark to find one of her nuns, who had been denounced to her, in bed with her lover and, thinking to cover her head with her coif, donneth instead thereof the breeches of a priest who is abed with her; the which the accused nun observing and making her aware thereof, she is acquitted and hath leisure to be with her lover_ 432
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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The term "latin lover" is hardly a misnomer, for a Mexican man is an ardent and effusive swain.
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I don't necessarily like to use the word lover because it sounds like they just come over and have sex with you.
NYDN Rss NANCY DILLON 2011
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Today as a publicist, parent, and a word lover, I draw on my vocabulary for communicating messages effectively.
Diana Bianchini: Use It or Lose It -- The Departure of Vocabulary From American Culture Diana Bianchini 2011
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Love Guru Dr. Ava Cadell, founder of Loveology University, invites romantics to submit a FREE entry listing why their lover is the best.
My Lover is Better Than Yours « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2009
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Sanford left his four sons on Father's Day weekend to chase his lover is the most unforgivable transgression, worse than anything he did to his wife.
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Today as a publicist, parent, and a word lover, I draw on my vocabulary for communicating messages effectively.
Diana Bianchini: Use It or Lose It -- The Departure of Vocabulary From American Culture Diana Bianchini 2011
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On the other hand, if you learn that your lover is a superhero, you might as well shoot yourself.
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"I've always been somewhat a label lover," says Ms. Mayer, holding dresses by Carolina Herrera (left) and Oscar de la Renta (right).
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