lover
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- noun
- /ˈlʌvər/
- After a long day at work, he enjoyed coming home to his lover's warm embrace.
- lovers and friends
- lovers and spouses
- husband or lover
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- His long time partner and lover accidentally ran over him.
- Who in your mind is a more passionate lover, you or Joe?
- She had a lover who was an IWW worker.
- So Hades is persuaded and the lovers are reunited.
- I mean, I don't, we don't have sex because we're not lovers, right?
- How can you transition from being friends to lovers?
- How hard this shows your lovers heart to be my love.
Examples
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The lyrics told the story of a woman waiting for her lover on the bank of the river.
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You have to understand that my husband Robert was my-- he was my best friend, my lover, and my provider, and he's gone.
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If you want to be my lover, you know it's fair.
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Goodbye my lover, Goodbye my friend.
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Say you had a lover that died at war and he never came back.
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Still, not many of us can say our lover died for love.
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Suddenly, I wanted to be with a lover, to be held, to be understood.
Fiction book (1990) -
A girl on the plane and I had become lovers the night before.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sondra and her Fulbright lover were meeting for a week's holiday in New York.
Fiction book (1990) -
A middle-aged widow seeking a lover often demonstrates that she is a good hunter and gatherer.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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A woman someone is dating
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A man who is in a romantic relationship with someone
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A person you love in a romantic way
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A husband, wife, or long-term companion in a romantic relationship
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A person who is very much loved
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A woman who is in a romantic relationship with a man
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A person you have a long romantic relationship with and often live with
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A man who is someone's romantic partner or boyfriend
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A person who has a secret romantic relationship, often outside marriage
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A man who loves a woman and tries to win her, often in old poems
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A person you love as a romantic partner
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A casual name for a person you date, often a girlfriend
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A person someone cares for deeply and wants to be with
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A woman who is a man's sweetheart
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Etymology
Lover originally just meant 'one who loves', coming from the old English root love and the ending -er 'one who'. That's why a lover can mean a romantic partner — someone who loves another person.