Lover

The term lover denotes

• a man with whom a married person is in an extramarital affair . The meaning includes in older times z. Sometimes also the non-sexual, but erotically tinged relationship with an admirer who regularly pays his respects to a lady of the nobility or upper middle class ( cf.Cicisbeo )
• a person who shows great love and / or fascination for something:
  • especially in the arts, see dilettante , amateur , connoisseur or collector
  • comparable to the term fan in other areas , but the fan is often seen as the heightened form of the "fanatical" lover
• of which the term derived hobby , the legal as opposed to an activity with profit is
• a person in their capacity as a sexual partner

See also

• The lover
• The lover

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