noun ·alt. of lovery.
2. lover ·noun one who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.
3. lover ·noun one who loves; one who is in love;
usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.
4. lover ·noun a friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.