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val·en·tine (valən tīn′)

noun

    1. a sweetheart chosen or greeted on Saint Valentine's Day
    2. one's sweetheart
    1. a greeting card or note sent to a real or pretended sweetheart on this day, and containing a message of sentimental love
    2. a burlesque of this, often sent anonymously
  1. a gift presented on Saint Valentine's Day

Etymology: ME < OFr

Valentine1 definition

Val·en·tine (valən tīn′)

noun

a masculine name

Etymology: ME < L Valentinus < Valens, a masculine name < valens, prp.: see valence

Valentine2 definition

Val·en·tine (valən tīn′)

Valentine, Saint (3d cent. ); Christian martyr of Rome: his day is Feb. 14

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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