beloved
noun/bɪˈlʌvɪd/
/bɪˈlʌvɪd/
(old use or literary)- a person who is loved very much by somebody
- It was a gift from her beloved.
Word Originlate Middle English: past participle of obsolete belove ‘be pleasing’, later ‘love’.Definitions on the go
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