ladylove

[ ley-dee-luhv ]

/ ˈleɪ diˌlʌv /

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noun

a beloved woman; sweetheart or mistress.

Words nearby ladylove

ladyfinger, ladyfish, ladyfy, ladykin, ladylike, ladylove, ladyship, ladysmith, lae, laelia, laemmle

Origin of ladylove

First recorded in 1725–35; lady + love

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Examples from the Web for ladylove

He thought that no one could look more beautiful than his ladylove when she reappeared in the drawing-room.
The School Queens|L. T. Meade
Nobody ever called her anything else but Ladylove, not "Gran'ma" or anything like that.
Swatty|Ellis Parker Butler
He's gone off hours ago to escort his ladylove from Hanbridge to Hillport.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It had needed but this, the sight of helpless distress in his ladylove, to finish his subjugation.
The Tree of Knowledge|Mrs. Baillie Reynolds

His ladylove was faithless and loves another, and his honeymoon is indefinitely postponed.
Chip, of the Flying U|B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for ladylove

ladylove

/ (ˈleɪdɪˌlʌv) /

noun

rare a beloved woman

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ladylove

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British Dictionary definitions for ladylove

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