lover has definitions from the field of sexuality
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[ noun ] a person who loves or is loved

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

The wife , Amra , and her lover are both savagely portrayed , she as incarnate sensuality , `` voluptuous '' and `` indolent '' , possibly `` a mischief maker '' , with `` a kind of luxurious cunning '' to set against her apparent simplicity , her `` bird like brain '' .

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

And how anxious this lover of obscurity was for applause !

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

I do n't ask you who ' tis you 're being unfaithful to , husband or lover .

Brains and beauty , high position in both the social and intellectual worlds , athlete , fabled lover - if ever the_world_was_any_man's_oyster it was his .

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[ noun ] an ardent follower

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

she was too indulgent a lover of dogs and grandchildren .

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

He was a propagandist - they were n't afraid of the word , then - satirist , nature lover , philosopher , scientist , what you will , a member of every party and of no party .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 26335
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[ noun ] (sexuality) a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
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