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lover

 noun
     
lov‧er W3 [countable]
1 someone's lover is the person they are having a sexual relationship with but who they are not married to [↪ mistress]:
He killed his wife's lover.
Nicola and I were lovers.
a pair of young lovers
2 someone who likes something very much:
lover of
lovers of the outdoors
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