sweetheart

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically)

   another sweetheart deal based on political influence

2. 2
   noun

   any well-liked individual

   he's a sweetheart

3. 3
   noun

   A person who is always very kind.

   She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late.

4. 4
   noun

   A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.

   John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.

5. 5
   noun

   a very attractive or seductive looking woman

6. 6
   noun

   a person loved by another person

7. 7
   noun

   A term of endearment, especially for a lover or child.

8. 8
   noun

   A female member of a college or university fraternity.

Etymology

From Middle English swete heorte, swete hert (term of endearment); equivalent to sweet + heart.