(~s)
1.
You call someone ~ if you are very fond of them.
Happy birthday, ~.
= darling
N-VOC
2.
Your ~ is your boyfriend or your girlfriend. (JOURNALISM or OLD-FASHIONED)
I married Shurla, my childhood ~, in Liverpool.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
(~s)
1.
You call someone ~ if you are very fond of them.
Happy birthday, ~.
= darling
N-VOC
2.
Your ~ is your boyfriend or your girlfriend. (JOURNALISM or OLD-FASHIONED)
I married Shurla, my childhood ~, in Liverpool.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012