Lover

Word LOVER
Character 5
Hyphenation lov er lo ver
Pronunciations /ˈlʌvə/

Definitions and meanings of "Lover"

What do we mean by lover?

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. noun

An obsolete comparative of lief.

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. noun

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 noun

A person who deeply and strongly loves and cares for another person in a romantic way, a sweetheart, love, soul-mate, boyfriend, or girlfriend. noun

A sexual partner. noun

A person who truly and deeply loves something; connoisseur. 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 noun

One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.

A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

A person who loves something.

(with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lover

The word "lover" in example sentences

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. ❋ Anna Katharine Green (1890)

_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 ❋ Giovanni Boccaccio (1344)

The term "latin lover" is hardly a misnomer, for a Mexican man is an ardent and effusive swain. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I don't necessarily like to use the word lover because it sounds like they just come over and have sex with you. ❋ NANCY DILLON (2011)

Today as a publicist, parent, and a word lover, I draw on my vocabulary for communicating messages effectively. ❋ Diana Bianchini (2011)

Love Guru Dr. Ava Cadell, founder of Loveology University, invites romantics to submit a FREE entry listing why their lover is the best. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the other hand, if you learn that your lover is a superhero, you might as well shoot yourself. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"I've always been somewhat a label lover," says Ms. Mayer, holding dresses by Carolina Herrera (left) and Oscar de la Renta (right). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The second food picture has chicken and broccoli, bean sprouts, and what they called lover chicken. ❋ Unitas We Stand (2006)

"Gladys" said Helen, "dont hate me for what I am going to tell you; I only do it because I love you and wish to save you, it is a blessing you came here today, I suppose in another week you would have married Mr. Palsey but you wont now, for the man you call your lover is the murderer of my father." ❋ Daisy Ashford (1926)

She made no further attempt therefore to cure what she called her lover's crotchets, and Gamelin remained firm in the conviction that ❋ Anatole France (1884)

"I've always been a word lover," said Evans, who is a philosophy professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., and has written 16 other books, including "The Artful Nuance: A Refined Guide to Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language" (Perigee, $13.95) and "Sexicon: The Ultimate X-Rated Dictionary" (Citadel). ❋ Unknown (2011)

I must not look forward; I will only enjoy the present pleasure of believing myself one of the first in her esteem and friendship, and of shewing her all those little pleasing attentions so dear to a sensible heart; attentions in which her lover is astonishingly remiss: he is at Montreal, and I am told was gay and happy on his journey thither, though he left his mistress behind. ❋ Unknown (1769)

The word lover, at that day, meant simply a person who loved you; where we say "lover," they said "servant." ❋ Emily Sarah Holt (1864)

But Jahanara had heard the word lover from Roshanara’s mouth, and she cringed to think that her sister would consider Najabat Khan so…also. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

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