{ Lo"ver (l&oomac;"v&etilde;r), Lo"ver*y (?), } n. See Louver. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Lov"er (lŭv"&etilde;r), n. 1. One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex. Gower.
Love is blind, and lovers can not see
The pretty follies that themselves commit.
Shak.
2. A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person
or thing; as, a lover of his country.
I slew my best lover for the good of
Rome.
Shak. 3. One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge." T. Burnet.
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