heartmate
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
heartmate (plural heartmates)
- A sweetheart.
- 1914, Thomas Hardy, The Difference:
- But the moon is a sorry one, sad the bird's tune, / For this spot is unknown to that Heartmate of mine.
- 2012, Kristin Ramsdell, Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, page 327:
- An independent cartographer and an aspiring actor resist the fact that they are each others' heartmates.