paramour

par·a·mour

P0062400 (păr′ə-mo͝or′)n. A lover, especially a lover of a person who is married to someone else.

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[Middle English, from par amour, by way of love, passionately, from Anglo-Norman : par, by (from Latin per; see per in Indo-European roots) + amour, love (from Latin amor, from amāre, to love).]

paramour

(ˈpærəˌmʊə) n1. chiefly derogatory a lover, esp an adulterous woman2. an archaic word for beloved²[C13: from Old French, literally: through love]

par•a•mour

(ˈpær əˌmʊər)

n. 1. an illicit lover. 2. any lover. [1250–1300; Middle English, from the phrase par amour by or through love < Old French]

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Noun	1.	paramour - a woman's loverfancy manlover - a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
	2.	paramour - a woman who cohabits with an important manconcubine, courtesan, doxykept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a manodalisque - a woman slave in a harem

paramour

noun (Old-fashioned) lover, mistress, beau, concubine, courtesan, kept woman, fancy man (slang), fancy woman (slang), inamorata, fancy bit (slang), inamorato the president's alleged paramour

paramour

nounA person's regular sexual partner:lover.

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