Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who adores

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer.

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  • noun Someone who adores

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  • noun someone who admires a young woman

Etymologies

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to adore + -er

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Examples

  • To be loved and to live in the presence of the adorer is the most beautifying of circumstances.

    Franklin Kane Anne Douglas Sedgwick 1904

  • "I suppose," he said -- and knocked the ashes from his cigar with elaborate care -- "I suppose your adorer is a good deal younger than you?"

    The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

  • Remained Balatta, who, from the time she found him and poked his blue eyes open to recrudescence of her grotesque female hideousness, had continued his adorer.

    THE RED ONE 2010

  • Because -- aside from the fact that I work for a magazine that has proven itself to be a true adorer and supporter of women at all sizes -- as a member of the mass media, we get chances to make an impact.

    Sunny Gold: Binge Eating Disorder: The Emotional Roots of a Physical Condition 2010

  • Because -- aside from the fact that I work for a magazine that has proven itself to be a true adorer and supporter of women at all sizes -- as a member of the mass media, we get chances to make an impact.

    Binge Eating Disorder: The Emotional Roots of a Physical Condition Sunny Gold 2010

  • You can use adorer in reference to love for a person?

    sunday 2007

  • Her champion seems evidently her admirer, and his father her adorer.

    Camilla 2008

  • Indiana was handed out by her new adorer, the young baronet; and Eugenia was assisted by her new assailer, the young nobleman.

    Camilla 2008

  • Was this indifference, or security? was she seeking to obtain in the Baronet a new adorer, or to excite jealousy, through his means, in an old one?

    Camilla 2008

  • Celebitchy banned me becasue she didn't like how outspoken I was, and I feel she might be a secret Jolie-Pitt hater / Anniston adorer, which sounds so silly but believe me, it's astounding how these particular celebrities cause such intense response from so many people, it's just mind-boggling.

    1gossip.com 2008

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