val·en·tine /ˈvælənˌtaɪn/
情人節所選愛人;禮物男子名;基督殉教者
Val·en·tine n.
1. A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
2. A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
St. Valentine's Day, a day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.
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valentine
n 1: a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint
Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?"
2: a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint
Valentine's Day