paramour : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: paramour	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for paramour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paramour n a woman's lover Synonym(s): fancy man, paramour a woman who cohabits with an important man Synonym(s): concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paramour \Par"amour\, 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.] [bd]For paramour and jollity.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paramour \Par"amour`\, Paramours \Par"amours`\, 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.