sweetheart

Definitions

1. A person who is always very kind.
2. dear (also used in letter introductions, etc.)
3. A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
4. handsome (guy), beautiful (girl)
5. A term of endearment, especially for a lover or child.
6. lover
7. A female member of a college or university fraternity.
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8. the letter Q in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Equivalents

Examples

“She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late.”

“John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.”

“Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take⟳ your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]”

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