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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 val·en·tine /ˈvælənˌtaɪn/
 情人節所選愛人;禮物男子名;基督殉教者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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