Valentine
WordNet
noun
(1) A card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day
(2) A sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day
"Will you be my valentine?"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from .
Proper noun
- Saint Valentine
- in quiet but steady use since the 16th century.
- An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.
- occasionally borrowed from French.
Quotations
: Act IV, Scene V:-
- To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
- All in the morning betime,
- And I a maid at your window,
- To be your Valentine.