lover
a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,246 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,675 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- an ardent follower and admirer also: fan, buff, devotee
- a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
lover in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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When she had passed these she would find her lover again.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Come father, come mother, Come sister and brother, Come husband and lover, Beneath our roof-cover.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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And being such a lover of old English Comedy accounts for some of the spirit of "Love in '76."
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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She was moreover exceedingly plump, tender, and sentimental, and had had a lover, who had proved false to his vows.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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In the lapse of time the doubly widowed returned to New York, where she met again the lover of her youth.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 02 · Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner · Chapter 1