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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Lovernoun

   Etymology: from love.

   1. One who is in love.

   Love is blind, and lovers cannot see
   The pretty follies that themselves commit. William Shakespeare.

   Let it be never said, that he whose breast
   Is fill’d with love, should break a lover’s rest. Dryden.

   2. A friend; one who regards with kindness.

   Your brother and his lover have embrac’d. William Shakespeare.

   I tell thee, fellow,
   Thy general is my lover: I have been
   The book of his good act, whence men have read
   His fame unparallel’d haply amplified. William Shakespeare.

   3. One who likes any thing.

   To be good and gracious, and a lover of knowledge, are amiable things. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

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. Plato:

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

2. B-BOY DWIN:

   Mikee is a very lovely name and would remind you of Micky! But when you meet her in the future you would admire and love her forever for the rest of your life. Mikee, Mikee have you chose your lover forever to mary and will love till death?

3. Henry Fielding:

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

4. Plato:

   There is no such thing as a lover's oath.

5. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Lover scuttles his body, because he sinks in happiness. (L'amoureux saborde son corps, - Car il coule dans le bonheur.)

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