ladylove

English

Alternative forms
  • lady love

Etymology

From lady +‎ love.

Noun

ladylove (plural ladyloves)

  1. (poetic) A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.
    The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
      the picture of halcyon days where a young gentleman in the costume they used to wear then with a threecornered hat was offering a bunch of flowers to his ladylove with oldtime chivalry through her lattice window

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