Meanings
nounsecret admirer (plural secret admirers)
plural secret admirers
- One who admires another romantically but purposely remains anonymous to the extent that the subject of the admiration is unaware of the admirer's identity.
I received a Valentine's card from my secret admirer.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 暗戀者 /暗恋者
- 暗戀者 /暗恋者 (ànliànzhě)romantic admirer
Czech tajný ctitel
- tajný ctitelromantic admirer
Finnish salainen ihailija
- salainen ihailijaromantic admirer
French admirateur secret
- admirateur secretromantic admirer
German heimlicher Verehrer, heimliche Verehrerin
- heimlicher Verehrerromantic admirer
- heimliche Verehrerinromantic admirer
Hungarian titkos hódoló
- titkos hódolóromantic admirer
Polish tajny wielbiciel
- tajny wielbicielromantic admirer
Russian та́йный покло́нник, та́йный воздыха́тель
- та́йный покло́нник (tájnyj poklónnik)romantic admirer
- та́йный воздыха́тель (tájnyj vozdyxátelʹ)romantic admirer
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Chicago
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