1
a
: a person in love
b
lovers plural
: two persons in love with each other
2
: an affectionate or benevolent friend
3
: devotee
a lover of mystery novels
a lover of nature
4
a
: paramour
Her husband found a love letter from her lover.
b
: a person with whom one has sexual relations
He was her first lover.
Examples of lover in a Sentence
His wife accused him of having a secret lover.
She left her husband and ran away with her lover.
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Made in response to a difficult breakup, the work alludes to two lovers parting ways, but also to Pau’s memories of isolation as a severely asthmatic child in a notoriously polluted city, lying in bed staring at the wall and inventing stories to distract herself from the difficulty of breathing.
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Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
People who collect rare books are book lovers, first and foremost.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Beyond the Big Apple, the Miami Grand Prix has F1 fans hot and bothered, and in Kentucky horse lovers are off to the races.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 2 May 2026
Pixar fielded an original hit with an ecological storyline that pitted nature lovers and woodland animals against predatory highway developers.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
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Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
People who collect rare books are book lovers, first and foremost.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Beyond the Big Apple, the Miami Grand Prix has F1 fans hot and bothered, and in Kentucky horse lovers are off to the races.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 2 May 2026
Pixar fielded an original hit with an ecological storyline that pitted nature lovers and woodland animals against predatory highway developers.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
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“Lover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lover. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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