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paramour |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paramour \Par"a*mour\, n. [F. par amour, lit., by or with love. See 2d {Par}, and {Amour}.] 1. A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense now only in a bad one); one who takes the place without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman. The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour --Macaulay. 2. Love; gallantry. [Obs.] ``For paramour and jollity.'' --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paramour \Par"a*mour`\, Paramours \Par"a*mours`\, adv By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words [Obs.] For par amour, I loved her first ere thou. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paramour n 1: a woman's lover [syn: {fancy man}] 2: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: {concubine}, {courtesan}, {doxy}, {odalisque}]
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