lover
1 Americannoun
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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.
noun
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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Other Word Forms
- loverless adjective
- loverlike adjective
- nonlover noun
Etymology
Origin of lover
Example Sentences
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When their father asked Nisha if she had a lover waiting for her at football practice, she says she replied: "There is no lover. I am going to play football - that is my love."
From BBC
Pretty was undeniably in again, and often so anodyne that even lipstick lovers like myself longed for the days of an angsty anti-makeup manifesto.
From Salon
It’s a tiny moment of magic that gives you hope that these young lovers can work it out.
From Los Angeles Times
As Hungarian Gyorgy Kurtag, who is widely considered one of the greatest living classical composers, turns 100 on Thursday, he will offer a one-of-a-kind birthday gift to music lovers: a brand-new opera.
From Barron's
Katie Vine of Dinners Done Quick touches on the beautiful vulnerability of eating spaghetti with your lover — and loved ones.
From Salon
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