darling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

darling
    adj 1: dearly loved [syn: {beloved}, {darling}, {dear}]
    n 1: a special loved one [syn: {darling}, {favorite},
         {favourite}, {pet}, {dearie}, {deary}, {ducky}]
    2: an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River [syn:
       {Darling}, {Darling River}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

darling \dar"ling\, n. [OE. derling, deorling, AS. de['o]rling;
   de['o]re dear + -ling. See {Dear}, and {-ling}.]
   One dearly beloved; a favorite.
   [1913 Webster]

         And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

darling \dar"ling\, a.
   Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and
   tenderness; favorite. "Some darling science." --I. Watts.
   "Darling sin." --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Darling
Ps. 22:20; 35:17) means an "only one."

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

102 Moby Thesaurus words for "darling":
      admired, adorable, adored, alluring, ambrosial, angel, attractive,
      babe, baby, baby-doll, bairn, beloved, beloved object, bewitching,
      buttercup, charming, cherished, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, child,
      chit, cosset, crush, dear, dear one, dearly beloved, deary,
      delectable, delicious, doll, duck, duckling, enchanting, engaging,
      esteemed, favorite, fetching, flame, fondling, heavenly, held dear,
      hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, idol, innocent, jewel, kid,
      kitten, lamb, lambkin, light of love, little bugger, little fellow,
      little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot,
      love, loved, loved one, lovely, lover, luscious, lush,
      matinee idol, minion, mite, nipper, offspring, peewee, pet,
      petkins, pleasing, popular, precious, precious heart, preference,
      prized, revered, scrumptious, shaver, snookums, spoiled child,
      sugar, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, tad, tot,
      treasured, truelove, wee tot, well-beloved, well-liked,
      white-haired, yummy

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

DARLING

Grace, a light-house keeper's daughter who showed the
world that a woman may fear a mouse, but not a tempest. One of
the truly brave who did not receive a Carnegie advertisement.