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A sweetheart; a lover.

A mistress.

One who is dear; a person beloved.

A sweetheart of either sex; a gallant or a mistress: often in a bad sense; a paramour.

A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; — usually in a bad sense.

One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover, gallant, or mistress).

A paramour.