Dear
Dear noun - A person with whom one is in love.
Usage example: I love you, dear
Man
Man noun - A male romantic companion.
Usage example: I'm going to see my man again tonight
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- I may have use for such misplaced devotion...It comforts me to know that your life was not too dear a price to pay for the love of your fellow man.
Source: Secret Test -
And "Enemy of the Bane" would see her reunited with good friend and fellow Who co-star Nicholas Courtney, the dear old Brigadier himself, Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, in that wonderful man's last appearance as his iconic and still-beloved character.
Source: Creator / Elisabeth Sladen - Ronnie Barker: You'll have to bear with me, because remember, I'm a woman playing a man who is playing a woman — aren't I dear?
Source: Recursive Crossdressing
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