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ladylove en · NOUN

Etymology

From lady + love.

Meanings

1. (poetic) A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.
   • the picture of halcyon days where a young gentleman in the costume they used to wear then with a threecornered hat was offering a bunch of flowers to his ladylove with oldtime chivalry through her lattice window 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
   • The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove.

Forms

Translations (8)

bg любима (woman who is loved by someone) · de Liebste (woman who is loved by someone) · de Geliebte (woman who is loved by someone) · ru да́ма се́рдца (woman who is loved by someone) · fi rakastettu (woman who is loved by someone) · de Liebling (woman who is loved by someone) · de Feinsliebchen (woman who is loved by someone) · ru возлю́бленная (woman who is loved by someone)