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How to pronounce lover in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms buff, devotee, fan
Type of follower
Has types bacchant, groupie, metalhead, aerophile, aficionado, amorist, bacchanal
Derivation love
Type Words
Type of person, soul, mortal, somebody, someone, individual
Has types girl, girlfriend, honey, idoliser, idolizer, inamorata, inamorato, kisser, lady friend, love, truelove, adorer, beau, beloved, betrothed, boyfriend, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, fellow, fondler, pet, petter, romeo, soul mate, squeeze, steady, swain, sweetheart, sweetie, admirer, necker, osculator
Derivation love
Type Words
Type of domestic partner, spouse equivalent, spousal equivalent, significant other
Has types paramour, mistress, kept woman, man, fancy woman, fancy man
Derivation love

Examples of lover

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Five days after Valentine's Day, her imprisoned lover had ordered her execution.
From the suntimes.com
In 1909, a jealous Bell shot her lover to death, convinced he'd been unfaithful.
From the sacbee.com
He also mentions in passing Nadine Dorries, who has been described as his lover.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Was Jas a great lover of solitude or did the whip-round only run to an armchair?
From the thisislondon.co.uk
They have two veggie entrees that don't include tofu, if you're not a soy lover.
From the ocregister.com
Any bird-lover will enjoy two special if low-key projects designed for the RSPB.
From the guardian.co.uk
A large-format bottle makes a nice present for the wine lover on your gift list.
From the washingtonpost.com
Moving through their lives are Dara's father, Cameron, and Amanda's lover, Sean.
From the denverpost.com
Often they represent Ms. Iannone and her lover and muse, the artist Dieter Roth.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • A person who loves someone or is loved by someone
  • Fan: an ardent follower and admirer
  • A significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
  • Lover is an Australian fashion label launched in 2001 by designers Susien Chong and Nic Briand. Lover have "managed to garner praise from Vogue to Vice Magazine". The label has risen to prominence in Australia and internationally, developing a cult and celebrity following. ...
  • Lover is a lesbian feminist novel by Bertha Harris, published in 1976 by Daughters, Inc., a small press dedicated to women's fiction. It is considered Harris's most ambitious work, and has been compared to Djuna Barnes's Nightwood and the stories of Jane Bowles. ...
  • "Lover" is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers, with words by Lorenz Hart. It was featured in the movie Love Me Tonight (1932). Les Paul's version was a guitar instrumental released by Capitol Records in 1948.
  • Read My Lips is the debut album by the English pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor released on 27 August 2001 by Polydor Records.
  • The Lover is a 2004 crime fiction novel written by Laura Wilson and first published in the United Kingdom by Orion Publishing Group on 17 June 2004. ...
  • The Lover (L'Amant) is a 1992 drama film produced by Claude Berri and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1984 novel by Marguerite Duras, the film details the illicit affair between a teenage French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 Vietnam. ...