Lovelace

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A well-mannered libertine.

    "You are a dangerous young fellow—a kind of Lovelace who will make the Clarissas run after you instead of you running after them."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname.

Synonyms

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richard lovelace

Example

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"Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer."

Etymology

From Middle English lufeless (“loveless”), possibly a nickname for a philanderer. In the libertine sense, refers to Robert Lovelace, a character in Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.

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