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par·a·mour  (pr-mr)

n.

A lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship.

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[Middle English, from par amour, by way of love, passionately, from Anglo-Norman : par, by (from Latin per; see per¹ in Indo-European roots) + amour, love (from Latin amor, from amre, to love).]

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paramour [ˈpærəˌmʊə]

n

1. Now usually derogatory a lover, esp an adulterous woman

2. an archaic word for beloved [2]

[from Old French, literally: through love]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paramour - a woman's lover fancy man lover - a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
	2.	paramour - a woman who cohabits with an important man concubine, courtesan, doxy kept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man odalisque - a woman slave in a harem

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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

Translations

paramour [ˈpærəmʊəʳ] N (liter) → amante mf, querido/a m/f

paramour

n (old) → Liebhaber m, → Buhle mf (old); (hum) (= man) → Hausfreund m (hum); (= woman) → Geliebte f