Favorite

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Short curls dangling over the temples;

— fashionable in the reign of Charles II.

II. Favorite ·adj Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.

III. Favorite ·noun The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.

IV. Favorite ·noun A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.