"loverman" meaning in All languages combined

See loverman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: lovermen [plural]
Etymology: From lover + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lover|man}} lover + man Head templates: {{en-noun|lovermen}} loverman (plural lovermen)
  1. A man who is skilled at making love.
    Sense id: en-loverman-en-noun-3MC7YDnd
  2. A man who has sex with many women; player.
    Sense id: en-loverman-en-noun-15q0RPG-
  3. A male sexual partner.
    Sense id: en-loverman-en-noun-PhW4CYRN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 25 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 24 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 23 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lover-man, lover man

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2009, Miriam Rom Silverberg, Erotic Grotesque Nonsense: The Mass Culture of Japanese Modern Times, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Kimi-chan lights a match for the despondent heroine and explains why it is not acceptable to be infatuated with Charlie Chaplin: \"Nobody's going to be crazy about a guy who's not a loverman.\" Kimi-chan then adds her own illustration of the ideal loverman (iro otoko): \"Even I stopped going to the flicks after Valentino died.\"",
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          "text": "Spencer. The newcomer. The slender, dark-haired loverman.",
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          "ref": "2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "When Corbyn finally gave a speech – in a stunning piece of billing that could only happen at Glastonbury, he appeared between hip-hop duo Run the Jewels and Southampton’s foremost R&B loverman Craig David – the crowd brought the entire area around the Pyramid stage to a standstill",
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          "ref": "2001, Kevin Everod Quashie, R. Joyce Lausch, Keith D. Miller, New Bones: Contemporary Black Writers in America, page 486:",
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          "ref": "2004, Belinda Jones, On the Road to Mr Right, →ISBN, page 119:",
          "text": "In his autobiography, the notorious Venetian loverman Giacomo Casanova shocked his peers by giving lurid accounts of the sex he'd had with 122 women.",
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          "ref": "1995, Will Friedwald, Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art, →ISBN, page 446:",
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          "ref": "2014, Eli Horowitz, Kevin Moffett, Matthew Derby, The Silent History, →ISBN, page 247:",
          "text": "Spencer. The newcomer. The slender, dark-haired loverman.",
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          "ref": "2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "When Corbyn finally gave a speech – in a stunning piece of billing that could only happen at Glastonbury, he appeared between hip-hop duo Run the Jewels and Southampton’s foremost R&B loverman Craig David – the crowd brought the entire area around the Pyramid stage to a standstill",
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