par·amour /ˈpærəˌmʊr/
情夫,情婦,情人
Par·a·mour 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 --Macaulay.
2. Love; gallantry. [Obs.] “For paramour and jollity.”
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Par·a·mour, 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.
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paramour
n 1: a woman's lover [syn: fancy man]
2: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine,
courtesan, doxy, odalisque]