admirer
11ADMIRER — v. tr. Considérer avec un étonnement mêlé de plaisir ce qui paraît beau, ce qui paraît merveilleux. Admirer la nature. Admirer l’immensité du ciel. Admirer la beauté d’une femme. Admirer les talents, les ouvrages d’un écrivain, d’un artiste.… …
12admirer — UK [ədˈmaɪərə(r)] / US [ədˈmaɪrər] noun [countable] Word forms admirer : singular admirer plural admirers 1) someone who admires someone or something The celebrity was surrounded by friends and admirers. admirer of: He was a great admirer of the… …
13admirer — ad|mir|er [ədˈmaıərə US ˈmaırər] n 1.) literary someone who likes a person and thinks that they are attractive ▪ a beautiful woman with many admirers ▪ a secret admirer 2.) someone who respects a famous person, especially because they like their… …
14admirer — noun (C) 1 a man who is attracted to a particular woman: a beautiful woman with many admirers | a secret admirer 2 be an admirer of to admire someone, especially a famous person, or their work: The painter Turner was a great admirer of Byron …
15admirer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ardent, devoted, fervent, great, keen (esp. BrE) ▪ secret ▪ Perhaps the flowers were sent by a secret admirer! …
16admirer — n. an ardent, devoted, enthusiastic, fervent, sincere; secret admirer * * * [əd maɪ(ə)rə] devoted enthusiastic fervent secret admirer sincere an ardent …
17admirer — ad|mir|er [ əd maırər ] noun count 1. ) someone who admires someone or something: The celebrity was surrounded by friends and admirers. admirer of: He was a great admirer of the photographer, Man Ray. 2. ) someone who is attracted to a particular …
18admirer — [[t]ədma͟ɪ͟ərə(r)[/t]] admirers 1) N COUNT If you are an admirer of someone, you like and respect them or their work very much. He was an admirer of her grandfather s paintings. 2) N COUNT A woman s admirers are the men who are attracted to her.… …
19admirer — a woman s regular sexual partner outside marriage In Jane Austen s day and writing, an admirer indulged in formal courtship. Half a century later the euphemistic use had developed: ... met her admirer at a house in Bolton Row that she… …
20admirer — noun a great admirer of William Finn Syn: fan, devotee, enthusiast, aficionado; supporter, adherent, follower, disciple …
