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noun
Paramour  n.  
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"
2.
Love; gallantry. (Obs.) "For paramour and jollity."


adverb
Paramours, Paramour  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."





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"Paramour" Quotes from Famous Books



... the woman to yield thus easily, and she continued the struggle against her son, against his paramour, and against the growing coterie which was gathering about the emperor. She opposed particularly the repudiation of Octavia, which, being merely the result of a pure caprice, would have caused serious scandal in Rome. But Nero was even now hesitating and uncertain. He still had too ...
— The Women of the Caesars • Guglielmo Ferrero
... thing would come from the forest on account of the deed; and having seen that forest—as you, gentle reader, have not—I had the advantage of knowing that anything might come. It was useless to ask the Sphinx—she seldom reveals things, like her paramour Time (the gods take after her), and while this mood was on her, rebuff was certain. So I quietly began to oil the lock of the door. And as soon as they saw this simple act I won their confidence. It was not that my work was of any use—it should have been done long before; but they saw that ...
— The Book of Wonder • Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Lord Dunsany
... whom Mrs. Joplin had quitted the place had some time after been sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the county jail. Possibly the prison authorities might know something to lead to his discovery, and through him the news of his paramour might ...
— Lucretia, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... you have deceived me from the beginning, when you undertook to betray me to your master and paramour." ...
— The Eternal City • Hall Caine
... the material world, thou Holy One! Who is the man that is a Deva? Who is he that is a worshipper of the Devas? that is a male paramour of the Devas? that is a female paramour of the Devas? that is a wife to the Deva? that is as bad as a Deva? that is in his whole being a Deva? Who is he that is a Deva before he dies, and becomes one of the ...
— Sacred Books of the East • Various


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