Lovelace

Betekenis (Engels)

Name

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Noun

A well-mannered libertine.

Synoniemen

Richard Lovelace

womanizer

lady-killer

Vertalingen

Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace

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Lovelace

Richard Lovelace

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lufeless

In summary

From Middle English 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.