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Amorist

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One dedicated to love, especially sexual love.

n. One who writes about love.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Someone who is in love.

n. Someone who writes about love.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A lover; a gallant.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A lover; a gallant; an inamorato. Also written amourist.

n. One who is given to writing love-sonnets or -songs.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love

Word Usage

"Frizzy straight-cut masses that would have charmed Rossetti abounded, and one gentleman, who was pointed out to Graham under the mysterious title of an "amorist", wore his hair in two becoming plaits a la Marguerite."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

buff devotee fan lover

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

lover gallant

Same Context

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