Calling the other party of a one-night stand a “lover” sounds totally natural to my ears.
The second and third senses of the term at dictionary.com are:
a person who has a sexual or romantic relationship with another.
a person with whom one conducts an extramarital sexual affair.
Do you not hear the word used in those senses very much? Is it the one-time-ness that makes it seem less like ‘lover’ is appropriate?
Calling the other party of a one-night stand a “lover” sounds totally natural to my ears.
The second and third senses of the term at dictionary.com are:
a person who has a sexual or romantic relationship with another.
a person with whom one conducts an extramarital sexual affair.
Do you not hear the word used in those senses very much? Is it the one-time-ness that makes it seem less like ‘lover’ is appropriate?