lover

[luhv-er] /ˈlʌv ər/
noun
1.
a person who is in love with another.
2.
a person who has a sexual or romantic relationship with another.
3.
a person with whom one conducts an extramarital sexual affair.
4.
a person who has a strong enjoyment or liking for something, as specified:
a lover of music.
5.
a person who loves, especially a person who has or shows a warm and general affectionate regard for others:
a lover of mankind.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English; see love, -er1
Related forms
loverless, adjective
loverlike, adjective
nonlover, noun
Can be confused
louver, Louvre, lover.
Synonyms
4. devotee, enthusiast, fan.

Lover

[luhv-er] /ˈlʌv ər/
noun
1.
Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
Examples from the web for lover
  • My secret agent lover man declares that he will not have a baby.
  • They believe that my secret agent lover man will love the baby once he sees it.
  • My secret agent lover man is furious when he finds out what she did and he leaves her.
  • While he is pursuing her lover, she puts another woman in bed in her place.
  • He becomes a part of a community again and begins to feel comfortable as a lover.
British Dictionary definitions for lover

lover

/ˈlʌvə/
noun
1.
a person, now esp a man, who has an extramarital or premarital sexual relationship with another person
2.
(often pl) either of the two people involved in a love affair
3.
  1. someone who loves a specified person or thing: a lover of music
  2. (in combination): a music-lover, a cat-lover
Word Origin and History for lover
n.

early 13c., agent noun from love (v.). Old English had lufend for male lovers, lufestre for women. Meaning "one who has a predilection for" (a thing, concept, pursuit, etc.) is mid-14c. As a form of address to a lover, from 1911. Related: Loverly.

Slang definitions & phrases for lover

lover

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