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Definitions for: Valentine [n] a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day
[n] a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?"
Webster (1913) Definition: Val"en*tine, n.
1. A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
2. A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a
sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St.
Valentine's Day.
St. Valentine's Day, a day sacred to St. Valentine; the
14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by
Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence,
perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that
time.
See Also: greeting card, steady, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove
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