Lover

·noun ·Alt. of Lovery.

II. Lover ·noun One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.

III. Lover ·noun One who loves; one who is in love;

— usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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