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Webster 1913 Edition
Valentine
Val′en-tine
,Noun.
1.
A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine’s Day.
2.
A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
St. Valentine's Day
, a day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.
Webster 1828 Edition
Valentine
VAL'ENTINE
, n.1.
A sweetheart or choice made on Valentine's day.2.
A letter sent by one young person to another on Valentine's day.Definition 2024
Valentine
Valentine
See also: valentine
English
Proper noun
Valentine
- Saint Valentine
- A male given name in quiet but steady use since the 16th century.
- An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.
- A female given name occasionally borrowed from French.
- Alternative form of valentine
- 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
- Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.
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Quotations
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Act IV, Scene V:
- To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, / All in the morning betime, / And I a maid at your window, / To be your Valentine.
Derived terms
Translations
male given name
female given name — see Valentina
Anagrams
valentine
valentine
See also: Valentine
English
Noun
valentine (plural valentines)
- An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given to a person the object of affection, especially on February 14th.
- Such an extravagant valentine was unexpected.
- A person to whom a valentine is given or from whom it's received, especially on February 14th.
- Won't you be my valentine?
Synonyms
- Valentine
- Valentine's
- valentine's
Related terms
Translations
An expression of affect, especially romantic
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A person to whom you give, or from whom you receive, a valentine, on February 14th