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Definition of Truelove

1. Noun. A person loved by another person.

Definition of Truelove

1. n. One really beloved.

Definition of Truelove

1. Noun. One who is truly beloved; a true love. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) A plant, ''Paris quadrifolia''. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete nonce) (non-gloss definition An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, possibly an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Truelove

1. a sweetheart [n -S] - See also: sweetheart

Medical Definition of Truelove

1. 1. One really beloved. 2. A plant. See Paris. 3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. "Under his tongue a truelove he bore." (Chaucer) Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; called also true-lover's knot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Truelove

Literary usage of Truelove

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"PETITION OF HENRY truelove. [SP Dom. xxv. 71.] To the Right Honourable the Council of State. The humble petition of Henry truelove of Ipswich, mariner, ..."

2. Old Whaling Days by William Barron (1895)
"OLD truelove — GREENLAND SEALING — MELVILLE BAY SQUEEZES LOSS OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE WHALING ... IN 1856 I engaged as harpooner of my old ship truelove, ..."

3. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"On the fourth day of Christmas My'truelove sent to me Four colored balls, Three French hens, Two turtledoves, Sitting in a beautiful juniper tree. ..."

4. Collections of the Virginia Historical Society by Virginia Historical Society (1888)
""To Rowland truelove and divers other patentees, adventurers, and to their associates, who undertake to transport 100 persons. "To John Crowe, of Newton, ..."

5. Life of Charles Bradlaugh, M.P. by Charles R. Mackay (1888)
"... Two B.'s refuse to insert Letters hostile to Obscenity in their Journal —Mr truelove committed for Trial—He is practically forsaken by Mr Bradlaugh, ..."

6. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1882)
"truelove. 1880 [5 Queen's Bench Division, 325.] Feb. 24, 1880. ... truelove. Criminal Law—Traile in Obscene Books—Death of Complainant—Abatement of ..."

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