Definitions for lover
ˈlʌv ərlover

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. lover(noun)

   a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

2. fan, buff, devotee, lover(noun)

   an ardent follower and admirer

3. lover(noun)

   a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lover(n.)

   One who is involved in a sexual relationship with another; as, she took a lover.

Wiktionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lover(Noun)

   A person who loves another person, a sweetheart.

   Etymology: From lover, lovyere, derivative of loven, lovien, equivalent to .

2. lover(Noun)

   A sexual partner.

   Etymology: From lover, lovyere, derivative of loven, lovien, equivalent to .

3. lover(Noun)

   A person who loves something; connoisseur.

   Etymology: From lover, lovyere, derivative of loven, lovien, equivalent to .

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lover(noun)

   one who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex

2. Lover(noun)

   a friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country

3. Lover(noun)

   one who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music

4. Lover(noun)

   alt. of Lovery

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lover

   "Lover" is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers, with words by Lorenz Hart. It was featured in the movie Love Me Tonight. Les Paul's version was a guitar instrumental released by Capitol Records in 1948. It has a french title Partout Toi. Frank Sinatra has recorded it twice in 1950 and 1961 but Peggy Lee took ownership in 1952 and it featured in that year's version of the movie The Jazz Singer which she appeared in.Cliff Richard has recorded it on his album Listen to Cliff!.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lover

   an obsolete form of louvre.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. LOVER

   An ardent admirer who says, "Yes, dearest, I will shovel the snow of the lake so that we can go skating!" and, after marriage remarks, "What! Shovel the snow off the walk for you? Well, I should say not! I'm no chore boy." Hell is paved with good intentions--also asbestos. M A fool and his wife are soon parted. See Alimony. MAGAZINE A receptacle for explosives, literary or mechanical.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lover' in Nouns Frequency: #1407

How to pronounce lover?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say lover in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lover in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of lover in a Sentence

1. Henry Fielding:

   Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.

2. Nick Spitzer:

   Ellis Marsalis great love was jazz a la bebop Ellis Marsalis was a lover of Thelonious Monk and the idea that bebop was a music of freedom. But when Ellis Marsalis had to feed Ellis Marsalis family Ellis Marsalis played R n B and soul and rock and roll on Bourbon Street.

3. Dorothy Rothschild Parker:

   Hell's afloat in lover's tears.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Life is a wave of love for a lover, a gift for a giver, a drama for an actor, and a canvas for a painter.

5. Salman Aziz:

   A real actor can’t love anyone. Cause he/she only pretends to be lover. Cause he/she still in the role of a lover and doesn’t know how to love someone for the real.

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