valentine
a card or message, usually amatory or sentimental but sometimes satirical or comical, or a token or gift sent by one person to another on Valentine's Day, sometimes anonymously.
a sweetheart chosen or greeted on this day.
a written or other artistic work, message, token, etc., expressing affection for something or someone: His photographic essay is a valentine to Paris.
Origin of valentine
1Other definitions for Valentine (2 of 2)
Saint, died a.d. c270, Christian martyr at Rome.
Also Valentinus. pope a.d. 827.
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “strong.”
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How to use valentine in a sentence
Today parents give the sweet skulls to children, and lovers share calaveras like valentines.
My fondest memory of Christopher was Valentines Day in 2005.
We had been planning on our own private Valentines Day dinner, but Christopher sweetly asked if we were busy that evening.
Mr. Douce thinks the custom of choosing valentines was a survival from the Roman feast of the Lupercalia.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerArthur looked a long time at the row of little valentines and then he said, “These two.”
Davie boy, I wish you would get up early to-morrow morning,” said Mrs. Forbes; “I want your help in sending out some valentines.
We send valentines to those we love, and you know there are emblems of love and fidelity upon these pretty gifts.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song | Florence HolbrookThere were people all around, with those hideous things that they call comic valentines open in their hands.
Duffels | Edward Eggleston
British Dictionary definitions for valentine (1 of 2)
/ (ˈvælənˌtaɪn) /
a card or gift expressing love or affection, sent, often anonymously, to one's sweetheart or satirically to a friend, on Saint Valentine's Day
a sweetheart selected for such a greeting
British Dictionary definitions for Valentine (2 of 2)
/ (ˈvælənˌtaɪn) /
Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr, associated by historical accident with the custom of sending valentines; bishop of Terni. Feast day: Feb 14
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