ladylove
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ladylove (plural ladyloves)
- (poetic) A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.
- The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- 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
Translations[edit]
woman who is loved by someone
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