English-Thai Dictionary

lover

N คนรัก  แฟน  คู่รัก  kon-rak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOVER

n. 1. One who loves; one who has a tender affection, particularly for a female.
Love is blind, and lovers cannot see -
2. A friend; one who regards with kindness.
Your brother and his lover have embraced.
3. One who likes or is pleased with any thing; as a lover of books or of science; a lover of wine; a lover of religion.
Lover and loover. [See Louver. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOVER

LOVER Lov "er, n.

 

1. One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex. Gower. Love is blind, and lovers can not see The pretty follies that themselves commit. Shak.

 

2. A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country. I slew my best lover for the good of Rome. Shak.

 

3. One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge. " T. Burnet.

 

LOVER; LOVERY

LOVER; LOVERY Lo "ver, Lo "ver *y, n.

 

Defn: See Louver. [Obs. ] Bp. Hall.

 

LOVERWISE

LOVERWISE Lo "ver *wise `, adv.

 

Defn: As lovers do. As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lover

lov er |ˈləvər ˈləvər | ▶noun a person having a sexual or romantic relationship with someone, often outside marriage. • a person who likes or enjoys something specified: he was a great lover of cats | music lovers. DERIVATIVES lov er less adjective

 

lovers' rock

lov ers' rock ▶noun a gentle, melodic style of reggae incorporating elements of soul and usually featuring lyrics with a romantic theme.

 

Oxford Dictionary

lover

lover |ˈlʌvə | ▶noun a partner in a sexual or romantic relationship outside marriage. • a person who likes or enjoys a specified thing: he was a great lover of cats | music lovers. DERIVATIVES loverless adjective

 

lovers' rock

lovers' rock ▶noun [ mass noun ] a gentle, melodic style of reggae incorporating elements of soul and usually featuring lyrics with a romantic theme.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

lover

lover noun 1 she had a secret lover: 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 swain, concubine, paramour. 2 a dog lover: devotee, admirer, fan, enthusiast, aficionado; informal buff, freak, nut, junkie. WORD LINKS -phile forming words meaning ‘a lover of ——,’ such as bibliophile (‘a person who loves books ) or Francophile (‘a person who loves France ’)Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.WORD NOTE lover Despite centuries of precedent, lover does not rhyme with another. In our stupid language the only rhymable word for lover that you can really use much is beau, so let's all use it in speech every day till it sounds less dated. Remember: beau. — SM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lover

lover noun 1 sometimes I think she had a secret lover: boyfriend, girlfriend, man friend, woman friend, lady friend, lady-love, beau, loved one, beloved, love, darling, sweetheart; mistress, paramour, other man, other woman; partner, significant other; Italian inamorata, inamorato; informal bit on the side, bit of fluff, toy boy, fancy man, fancy woman, sugar daddy, bird, fella; archaic swain, concubine, doxy, leman, courtesan; rare cicisbeo. 2 he was a great lover of country sports | a dog lover: devotee, admirer, fan, enthusiast, aficionado, follower, supporter, fanatic, addict, hound; informal buff, freak, nut. WORD LINKS lover -phile lover of …, as in bibliophile Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Duden Dictionary

Lover

Lo ver Substantiv, maskulin , der Loverin |ˈlavɐ |der Lover; Genitiv: des Lovers, Plural: die Lover [s ] englisch lover, zu: to love = lieben Freund und Liebhaber sie hat einen neuen Lover

 

Loverin

Lo ve rin Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈlavɐrɪn |weibliche Form zu Lover

 

French Dictionary

lover (se)

lover (se ) v. pronom. verbe pronominal S ’enrouler sur soi. : Sa petite chatte Maboule s ’est lovée dans ses bras. Note Grammaticale Le participe passé de ce verbe, qui n ’existe qu ’à la forme pronominale, s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Les enfants se sont lovés tout contre leur grand-maman. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lover

lov er /lʌ́və r /→love 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖しばしばone 's ～〗愛人 (!しばしば男性をさす ) ; (配偶者以外の )セックスの相手 (→mistress ); 〖～s 〗恋人 [愛人 ]同士 ▸ her ex- lover 彼女のかつての愛人 ▸ a great lover セックスのうまい人 2 愛好家 [者 ], «…が » 好きな人 «of » ▸ an animal lover 動物愛護者 ▸ a great lover of classical music クラシック音楽の大ファン ▸ I am no lover of cold weather .寒いのは好きじゃない ～̀ s' l á ne 恋人たちが2人きりになれる散歩道 .～ly 形容詞 副詞 恋人のような [に ].