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ladylove

[ ley-dee-luhv ]

/ ˈleɪ diˌlʌv /

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noun

a beloved woman; sweetheart or mistress.

Origin of ladylove

First recorded in 1725–35; lady + love

Words nearby ladylove

ladyfinger, ladyfish, ladyfy, ladykin, ladylike, ladylove, ladyship, ladysmith, lae, laelia, laemmle

Example sentences from the Web for ladylove

He thought that no one could look more beautiful than his ladylove when she reappeared in the drawing-room.

The School Queens |L. T. Meade
Nobody ever called her anything else but Ladylove, not "Gran'ma" or anything like that.

Swatty |Ellis Parker Butler
He's gone off hours ago to escort his ladylove from Hanbridge to Hillport.

Hilda Lessways |Arnold Bennett
It had needed but this, the sight of helpless distress in his ladylove, to finish his subjugation.

The Tree of Knowledge |Mrs. Baillie Reynolds

His ladylove was faithless and loves another, and his honeymoon is indefinitely postponed.

Chip, of the Flying U |B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for ladylove

ladylove

/ (ˈleɪdɪˌlʌv) /

noun

rare a beloved woman