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secret admirer

[ see-krit ad-mahyuhr-er ]

noun

  1. a person who is romantically attracted to someone else but shows it only in a way that does not reveal their own identity, as by sending anonymous gifts or messages:

    I found an unsigned valentine on my desk from a secret admirer.

  2. a person who esteems or has a high opinion of someone or something but hides this fact from others:

    Only after his death, when his diaries were discovered, did we learn that he was a secret admirer of opera.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of secret admirer1

First recorded in 1600–10
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Example Sentences

She botanized, fished, and shot, unheeding her secret admirer.

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