Truelove

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Truelove \True"love`\, n.
     1. One really beloved.
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     2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Paris}.
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     3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning,
        perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
        --T. R. Lounsbury.
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              Under his tongue a truelove he bore.  --Chaucer.
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     {Truelove knot}, a complicated, involved knot that does not
        readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or
        engagement; -- called also {true-lover's knot}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  truelove
       n : a person loved by another person [syn: {sweetheart}, {sweetie},
            {steady}]