lover boy

or lov·er·boy

[ luhv-er boi ]

/ ˈlʌv ər ˌbɔɪ /

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noun Informal.

a man with whom a person has a sexual or romantic relationship: Her new lover boy posted a cute video of them holding hands.
Sometimes Lover Boy . a playful and affectionate term of address for such a man: Congratulations on our anniversary, Lover Boy!

a man who attracts or seeks to attract sexual or romantic partners: Small-screen lover boy Mike Shaw, who has stolen hearts with his dashing looks and personality, celebrates his birthday today.

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Origin of lover boy

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby lover boy

love match, love nest, love potion, lover, love rat, lover boy, loverly, lover's knot, lovers' lane, lover's leap, love seat

How to use lover boy in a sentence

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But there are a lot of women who go to these places and once they go to the inside, they find a lover.
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He was a great lover of the navy, and he liked me because of it.
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This is Bey and Nicki at their most lyrically masochistic, and boy, is it a treat.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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You see, I'd always thought of him as the boy whom Great-aunt Lucia described having seen.
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Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
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A look of passion came into the face of the watching boy, and again he fingered his revolver.
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Several times after this the boy and his sisters came to look down into the pig pen.
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