Definitions for lover
ˈlʌv ərlover

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

1. lovernoun

   a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

2. fan, buff, devotee, lovernoun

   an ardent follower and admirer

3. lovernoun

   a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lovernoun

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lovernoun

   A person who loves another person, a sweetheart.

2. lovernoun

   A sexual partner.

3. lovernoun

   A person who loves something; connoisseur.

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

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

1. Lovernoun

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

2. Lovernoun

   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. Lovernoun

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

4. Lovernoun

   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.

Matched Categories

1. • Person
   • Significant Other

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

How to pronounce lover?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Martha Beck:

   The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen these qualities in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.

2. Ram Dass:

   Your ego has all these wants, your soul has only one want. It wants to get to merge with the Lover. Merge with the One.

3. Plato:

   There is no such thing as a lover's 0ath.

4. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Honeybee always takes the nectar of blossom, fruits, and such sorts of other things and transfer it to produce the honey; it is the prodigious reality and purity of nature. Veracious love displays the same and shows the incomparable devotion to the lover and beloved that's sweeter than the honey.

5. Matt Groening:

   Warning signs that lover is bored: 1. Passionless kisses 2. Frequent sighing 3. Moved, left no forwarding address.

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