Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paramour"
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) 1.7 (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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