Lov"er (?), 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.
© Webster 1913.
Lo"ver (?), Lo"ver*y (?), n.
See Louver.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
© Webster 1913.