sweetheart
sweet|heart /sw'iːthɑːrt/ (sweethearts)
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You call someone sweetheart if you are very fond of them.
Happy birthday, sweetheart.
= darling
2 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
Your sweetheart is your boyfriend or your girlfriend. (JOURNALISM or OLD-FASHIONED)
I married Shurla, my childhood sweetheart, in Liverpool.
1 [N-VOC]
You call someone sweetheart if you are very fond of them.
Happy birthday, sweetheart.
= darling
2 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
Your sweetheart is your boyfriend or your girlfriend. (JOURNALISM or OLD-FASHIONED)
I married Shurla, my childhood sweetheart, in Liverpool.