Meanings
plural ladyloves · alternative lady-love · alternative lady love
- poeticA woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.
The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove.
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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
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Bulgarian любима
- любима (ljubima)woman who is loved by someone
Finnish rakastettu
- rakastettuwoman who is loved by someone
German Feinsliebchen, Geliebte
- Feinsliebchenwoman who is loved by someone
- Geliebtewoman who is loved by someone
- Lieblingwoman who is loved by someone
- Liebstewoman who is loved by someone
Russian возлю́бленная, да́ма се́рдца
- возлю́бленная (vozljúblennaja)woman who is loved by someone
- да́ма се́рдца (dáma sérdca)woman who is loved by someone
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Cite this entry
ladylove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladylove
“ladylove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladylove. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ladylove,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladylove.
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