lover (iou) and long. (oh)

lover noun. ME.
[from LOVE verb + -ER1.]
A person who feels fondness or kindly regard towards another. Now rare exc. in Christian use (cf. LOVE noun 2). ME.
C. Wesley Jesu, Lover of my Soul. H. Brooke A stranger, but a very warm lover of yours.
A person (esp. a man) who is in love with someone; either of two people involved in a sexual relationship (outside of or without Marriage), spec. an illicit or clandestine one. Freq. in pl., a couple in love, sexual partners. Also (colloq.) as a form of intimate or friendly address. ME.
Bible (AV): Jeremiah 3:1 Thou hast played the harlot with many louers. R. F. Burton I am a lover separated from her beloved. D. Heyes 'You got it, lover,' the waitress said. P. Theroux There were lovers on this heath, plainly copulating. R. Ingalls She never has had lovers? She's always been alone?
b. A pimp. US slang. E20.
A person who has an affection, predilection, fancy, or liking for a specified thing, activity, idea, etc. ME.
D. Hume Lovers of Liberty, but greater Lovers of Monarchy. L. Griffiths We're all horse lovers but we're not daft as well. E. Saintsbury Lewis Carroll..a great lover of children.
Comb.: lover boy slang a (male) lover, an attractive man, a woman-chaser; freq. as a form of address; lover's knot = love-knot s.v. LOVE noun; lovers' lane a road or Other secluded place to which lovers resort; lovers' quarrel, lovers' tiff, etc., lover's quarrel, lover's tiff etc., a dispute between lovers (which therefore will not last long).
lovered adjective (rare) provided with or having a lover (of a specified kind) L16.
lovering noun (colloq.) amorous activity, fondling; courting: L19.
loverless adjective E19.
loverlike adjective & adverb like or as befits a lover M16.

long. (oh)

the written abbreviation of longitude

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