A Dove

1. (countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
2. (countable, politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
3. (countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
4. A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
5. (slang, countable) Short for love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).

Synonyms

• (pigeon): columbid, columbiform, culver, pigeon