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Sweetheart

//ˈswiːtˌhɑːt// noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is always very kind.

    "She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late."

  2. 2
    a beloved person; used as terms of endearment wordnet
  3. 3
    A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.

    "John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981."

  4. 4
    a very attractive or seductive looking woman wordnet
  5. 5
    A term of endearment, especially for a lover or child.
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  1. 6
    any well-liked individual wordnet
  2. 7
    A female member of a college or university fraternity. US
  3. 8
    a person loved by another person wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English swete heorte, swete hert (term of endearment); equivalent to sweet + heart.

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