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Define the word truelove

"Truelove" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Truelove \True"love`\, n.
   1. One really beloved.
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   2. (Bot.) A plant. See Paris.
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   3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning,
      perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath.
      --T. R. Lounsbury.
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            Under his tongue a truelove he bore.  --Chaucer.
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   Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not
      readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or
      engagement; -- called also true-lover's knot.
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"truelove" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

truelove
     n : a person loved by another person [syn: sweetheart, sweetie,
          steady]