lover

  • 21lover — noun 1) she had a secret lover Syn: boyfriend, girlfriend, beloved, love, darling, sweetheart, inamorata, inamorato; mistress; partner, significant other, main squeeze; informal bit on the side, toy boy, boy toy; dated ladylove, beau; archaic… …

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  • 22lover — noun 1) she had a secret lover Syn: boyfriend, girlfriend, beloved, sweetheart, mistress, partner; informal bit on the side, fancy man, fancy woman 2) a dog lover Syn: devotee, admirer …

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  • 23lover — любитель lover of pictures любитель картин a lover of Bacchus поклонник Бахуса, любитель выпить …

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  • 24lover —    Normally used to an intimate partner, as in Gideon Planish, by Sinclair Lewis, where a wife uses it to her husband. It is used in exactly the same way in The Storyteller, by Harold Robbins. Variant usage is displayed in The Philanderer, by… …

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  • 25lover — n. 1 a person in love with another. 2 a person with whom another is having sexual relations. 3 (in pl.) a couple in love or having sexual relations. 4 a person who likes or enjoys something specified (a music lover; a lover of words). Derivatives …

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  • 26lover — (lo vé) v. n. Terme de marine. Lover un câble, le mettre en cerceaux, pour se tenir prêt à le filer …

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  • 27Lover — ↑ Loverin Boyfriend, Freund, Geliebter, Geliebte, Herz[blatt], Lebensgefährte, Liebhaber, Liebling, Partner; (geh.): Erwählter; (verhüll.): ständiger Begleiter; (ugs. verhüll.): Bekannter; (ugs., oft scherzh.): Lebensabschnittspartner; (scherzh.) …

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  • 28Lover — Lo|ver [ lʌvə] der; s, [s] <aus gleichbed. engl. lover> Freund u. Liebhaber; Liebespartner …

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  • 29lover —    an extramarital sexual partner    Usually of a man on a regular basis, for which it is standard English:     In a marriage, if the lover begins to be bored with the complaisant husband, he can always provoke a scandal. (G. Greene, 1978)    The …

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  • 30lover — noun 1》 a person having a sexual or romantic relationship with another. 2》 a person who enjoys a specified thing: a music lover …

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