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Lovelace
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English
Alternative forms
en Loveless Lowes Lowess
Etymology
From en enm lufeless loveless, possibly a nickname for a philanderer. In the libertine sense, refers to Robert Lovelace, a character in Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.
Proper noun
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Noun
A well-mannered libertine.
en George Eliot 32 Daniel Deronda London Blackwood 1876 You are a dangerous young fellow—a kind of Lovelace who will make the Clarissas run after you instead of you running after them.
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