lover
noun
a person who is in love with another.
lover
1 American
[luhv-er]
/ ˈlʌv ər /
noun
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lovers
plural
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a person who is in love with another.
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a person who has a sexual or romantic relationship with another.
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a person with whom one conducts an extramarital sexual affair.
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a person who has a strong enjoyment or liking for something, as specified.
a lover of music.
- Synonyms:
- fan, enthusiast, devotee
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a person who loves, especially a person who has or shows a warm and general affectionate regard for others.
a lover of humankind.
Lover
2
American
[luhv-er]
/ ˈlʌv ər /
noun
lover
British
/ ˈlʌvə /
noun
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a person, now esp a man, who has an extramarital or premarital sexual relationship with another person
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(often plural) either of the two people involved in a love affair
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someone who loves a specified person or thing
a lover of music
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( in combination )
a music-lover
a cat-lover
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It’s the song of the spurned lover recalling the good times, and realizing that they’re irrevocably lost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In collaboration with Gutiérrez Senger, the No-Movie evolved into a piece about a lover, played by Reyna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Consider Bette Davis, playing Christine, a woman forced to kill her former lover, who has made a jealous plan to sabotage Christine’s husband, a musician, on the night of a concert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"She was a horse lover from I think the age of like five or six," Joanne said.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The writer lived in the same building as her lover.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Queen Camilla has recalled secretly reading Lady Chatterley's Lover, the passionate and controversial novel by DH Lawrence, as a teenager in the 1960s.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
And as Bhangra beats blared out, fans erupted with cheers while Dosanjh launched into his biggest hits, from G.O.A.T. to Lover.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Along the way, she dips her toes into new sounds – from the soul-infused lead single Silver Lining to the lively Brazilian rhythms of Lover Girl.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
In order to make her dreams come true, Lover travels to Europe for fertility treatments, where he drowns on a ship, the only thing left of him a finger, delivered to her by fishermen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Lover and friend hast Thou put far from me; and darkness is my only companion.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Conservationists and shark lovers were outraged at the proposal.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
The poet was a popular Romantic figure in Victorian Britain, described as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The novelist Hermann Hesse and the statesman Winston Churchill, both butterfly lovers, figure into her thumbnail survey, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“My work is predominantly Latinos — that we’re queer is part of that,” said the 62-year-old, who also snapped moody shots of patrons, often lovers, inside the bathroom stalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He took a slurp of his coffee from a white mug that said in black letters, Virginia is for lovers, hearts replacing all the Vs.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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