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?"
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Etymology


, from .

Proper noun



  1. Saint Valentine
  2. in quiet but steady use since the 16th century.
  3. An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.
  4. 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.
 
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