Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One's beloved; a sweetheart.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One truly loved or loving; one whose love is pledged to another; a sweetheart.
- noun A plant of Europe and temperate Asia, Paris quadrifolia: so named because its four leaves are set together in the form of a heraldic true-love knot. Also
herb-truelove . Seeherb-paris and Paris. - noun A condiment for sweetening the breath.
- noun An ornament, probably shaped like a true-love knot.
- Indicating genuine love; affectionate; sincere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One really beloved.
- noun (Bot.) A plant. See
Paris . - noun An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
- noun a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; -- called also
true-lover's knot .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is truly
beloved ; atrue love . - noun botany A
plant , Paris quadrifolia. - noun obsolete, nonce word An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, possibly an
aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening thebreath .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person loved by another person
Etymologies
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Examples
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And if true love is a pearl of great price, ruining it would cause a lot of non-economic harm as well (though who commits adultery in a case of truelove?)
The Volokh Conspiracy » $9 Million Alienation of Affections Damages Award 2010
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Mike McDougal says: yankee: (though who commits adultery in a case of truelove?)
The Volokh Conspiracy » $9 Million Alienation of Affections Damages Award 2010
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And if true love is a pearl of great price, ruining it would cause a lot of non-economic harm as well though who commits adultery in a case of truelove?
The Volokh Conspiracy » $9 Million Alienation of Affections Damages Award 2010
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At last hearing the hour strike, he snatched up a felt hat, and putting it on his greasy head started off to meet his truelove.
Daisy Ashford: Her Book Daisy Ashford 1926
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When he reached Mionge Lane he met his pretty truelove skipping along most lady-like and primly.
Daisy Ashford: Her Book Daisy Ashford 1926
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He was sitting in his room waiting for the town clock to strike four, because when it did he had to go out and meet his truelove, whose name was Edith Plush.
Daisy Ashford: Her Book Daisy Ashford 1926
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On the third day of Advent, my truelove gave to me ........ lol
BBC Blog Network 2009
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Well - maybe not my truelove - hey Carolyn - but Eddie, Eddie.
BBC Blog Network 2009
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Tsar's Bride, with its feast of plot complications and consequent musical situations: licentious boyar Grisha Gryaznoi (heroic baritone) lusts for Marfa (coloratura soprano), though she is about to wed her truelove Lykov (romantic tenor).
Opera Today 2008
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yankee: though who commits adultery in a case of truelove?
The Volokh Conspiracy » $9 Million Alienation of Affections Damages Award 2010
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