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Key Concepts in the work of Stephan Erasmus

lover noun
1 someone who is in love with someone else, especially in a romantic or sexual way.
2 (lovers) two people who are in love with one another or who are sharing a sexual relationship.
3 in compounds someone who enjoys or is fond of a specified thing • a cat-lover.

 

lov-er

–noun

1.	a person who is in love with another.

2.	a person who has a sexual or romantic relationship with another.

3.	a person with whom one conducts an extramarital sexual affair.

4.	a person who has a strong enjoyment or liking for something, as specified: a lover of music.

5.	a person who loves, esp. a person who has or shows a warm and general affectionate regard for others: a lover of mankind.

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Origin:
1175–1225; ME; see love, -er 1

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