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Lover

//ˈlʌvɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

    "[…]loue is blinde, and louers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…]"

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of louver. alt-of, obsolete
  3. 3
    a person who loves someone or is loved by someone wordnet
  4. 4
    A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

    "Be my bad boy, be my man / Be my weekend lover, but don't be my friend / You can be my bad boy, but understand / That I don't need you in my life again"

  5. 5
    a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage wordnet
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  1. 6
    A person who loves something.

    "a lover of fine wines"

  2. 7
    an ardent follower and admirer wordnet
  3. 8
    An informal term of address for any friend. West-Country

    "All right, my lover?"

Etymology

From Middle English lovere, luffer, lufere, equivalent to love + -er.

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