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word-lover

word-lover is the alternative form of word lover.

Meaning of word lover

Noun

word lover (plural word lovers)

  1. Someone who is fond of or devoted to the knowledge, study, and history of words.
    • So the first watch word I will leave you with would be to listen for this word-lover and perhaps as well, to ask yourselves as you listen and watch: how can a film film words, the love of words, or the experience of falling in love with a word?2007, Helene Cixous, Insister of Jacques Derrida

Forms of word-lover

pluralword-lovers

Questions about word-lover

What is word-lover the alternative form of?
Word-lover is the alternative form of word lover.

Words near word-lover in the dictionary

  1. word-hoard
  2. word-hoards
  3. word-initial
  4. word-list
  5. word-lists
  6. word-lover
  7. word-lovers
  8. word-mincer
  9. word-mincers
  10. word-of-mouth
  11. word-painting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: word-lover (page history and authors); word lover (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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