Beau
Sweet
Sweet noun - A person with whom one is in love.
Usage example: my darling, my sweet, won't you be mine?
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The English folk song "Sweet Polly Oliver" (whence cometh the trope of the same name) describes a woman disguising herself as a man and enlisting in the army to keep an eye on her beau while he's off to war.
Source: Pale Females, Dark Males
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