D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Amorist

/ăm'-ẽr-əst/ · Am·o·rist · IPA /ˈæmərəst/
01 n. A lover; a gallant.
  1. 1.
    A lover; a gallant.[R.]
    “It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe.” Southey.