admirern.
/ədˈmʌɪərə/, U.S. /ədˈmaɪ(ə)rər/ 1. A person who admires something or someone.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] > admirer
admirator1566
admirer1571
adorer1597
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] > approver
allower1528
approver1548
admirer1571
approbator1667
(a) one for ——1682
accorder1860
1571 W. Fulke Confut. Popishe Libelle (new ed.) f. 49 Who amonge all the olde writers was either a greater admirer of virginitie? or a more defacer of matrimonie, then Ierome was?
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I3 There was not a greater admirer of learning [than Trajan] . View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 152 Minical squeakers and bellowers, and the vain-glorious admirers only of themselves.
1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 2. ⁋1 I never yet knew an Author that had not his admirers.
1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. iii. 89 Any admirer of the Hobbesian Philosophy.
1839 C. Dickens Let. 14 Nov. (1965) I. 601 A little tribute from an unknown but ardent admirer of your genius.
1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 454/2 Several of the Parisian grandes dames are great admirers of Strauss' music.
1933 S. Walker Night Club Era 156 Some admirer long ago called the New York police ‘The Finest’.
1969 Listener 24 Apr. 585/1 If Mozart was a life-long admirer of J. C. Bach, his views on Clementi were disparaging, to put it mildly.
2005 Trav. Afr. Autumn 41/1 The voices of African birds have drawn as many admirers as their plumage.
2. A person who is enamoured of or in love with another; a suitor, a wooer.
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the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun]
friendOE
lovendOE
lotebyc1330
lovera1382
honeyc1405
amorousa1492
belovera1492
amant1508
fantasera1547
mate1549
Romeo?1566
inamorato1592
amorite1597
amorettoc1600
inamorate1602
amorado1607
enamorate1607
amoroso1616
admirer1640
passionate1651
brother starling1675
sweethearter1854
lovebird1858
mateya1864
jelly roll1895
lovekin1896
main squeeze1896
lovekins1920
romancer1923
playmate1928
heartthrob1929
bae2006
1640 W. Habington Queene of Arragon iii. sig. Ev I fear'd I might be lost ith' crowde Of your admirers.
a1704 T. Brown Comical View London & Westm. (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) I. ii. 68 'Tis by your Beauty that you make so many of your Admirers hang and drown themselves every Year.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Admirer, In common speech, a lover.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 210 On finding herself abandoned by her new admirer, in favour of another innamorata.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 573 Her husband's house and garden were daily thronged with her passionate admirers.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iii. 42 This young lady..was..vexed by the incomprehensible conduct of her reputed admirer.
1933 ‘N. West’ Miss Lonelyhearts 27 I'm expecting one of my admirers—a cow-eyed girl of great intelligence.
1997 J-17 June 53 Today may well bring a surprise invitation from a secret admirer. Oooh!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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