dear
/dɪɹ/ noun B2- A very kind, loving person. · My little cousin is such a dear, always drawing me pictures.
- A beloved person.
- An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife. · Pass me the salt, would you dear?
- An elderly person, especially a woman.
Plural dears
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Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he never again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth, by introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to find that she had said enough to keep him quiet.
“Oh, my dear Lydia,” she cried, “when shall we meet again?”
“Write to me very often, my dear.”
“Yes, most satisfactory, my dear Danglars.”
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