Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Ladylove

La′dy-loveˊ

,
Noun.
A sweetheart or mistress.

Definition 2024


ladylove

ladylove

English

Noun

ladylove (plural ladyloves)

  1. A woman who is loved by someone; an object of desire.
    The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
      the picture of halcyon days where a young gentleman in the costume they used to wear then with a threecornered hat was offering a bunch of flowers to his ladylove with oldtime chivalry through her lattice window

Translations