heartmate
nounUK /ˈhɑːt.meɪt/ · US /ˈhɑɹt.meɪt/
Etymology From heart + -mate.
1
A sweetheart.
- But the moon is a sorry one, sad the bird's tune, / For this spot is unknown to that Heartmate of mine.1914, Thomas Hardy, The Difference:
- An independent cartographer and an aspiring actor resist the fact that they are each others' heartmates.2012, Kristin Ramsdell, Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, page 327: