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One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
- […]loue is blinde, and louers cannot ſee / The pretty follies that themſelues commit,[…]
- Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes / And lovely landscapes to discover / But all I really want to do right now / Is find another lover
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A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
- 2018 January 17, "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com http://www.astrology.com/libra-woman.html A Libra woman seems to always be in love - either with her long term partner or with an ever-changing series of rotatin
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A person who loves something.
- a lover of fine wines
- a lover of his/her own country
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An informal term of address for any friend.West-Country
- All right, my lover?
syn. admirer · adorer · baby · beloved · courter · crush · darling · enamorado · flame · follower · leman · loteby