heartmate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

heart +‎ -mate

Noun[edit]

heartmate (plural heartmates)

  1. A sweetheart.
    • 1914, Thomas Hardy, The Difference:
      But the moon is a sorry one, sad the bird's tune, / For this spot is unknown to that Heartmate of mine.
    • 2012, Kristin Ramsdell, Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, page 327:
      An independent cartographer and an aspiring actor resist the fact that they are each others' heartmates.
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