secret admirer

secret admirer

English

Noun

secret admirer (plural secret admirers)

1. One who admires another romantically but purposely remains anonymous to the extent that the subject of the admiration is unaware of the admirer's identity.

   I received a Valentine's card from my secret admirer.

Translations

romantic admirer

Chinese: Mandarin: 暗戀者／暗恋者 (ànliànzhě) Czech: tajný ctitel m Finnish: salainen ihailija French: admirateur secret m Georgian: იდუმალი თაყვანისმცემელი (idumali taq̇vanismcemeli) German: heimlicher Verehrer m, heimliche Verehrerin f Hungarian: titkos hódoló Polish: tajny wielbiciel m Russian: та́йный покло́нник m (tájnyj poklónnik), та́йный воздыха́тель m (tájnyj vozdyxátelʹ)

Further reading

• “secret admirer” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “secret admirer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary