Definitions of lover

1. a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

2. an ardent follower and admirer

3. A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.

4. One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.

5. Alt. of Lovery

6. One who loves; one who is in love; - usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

7. One who loves, esq. one in love with a person of the opposite sex: one who is found of anything: ( B.) a friend.

8. One who loves.

9. One who loves; one who is in love.

10. One in love; one who loves; one fond of anything.

11. One who is in love.