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BNC: 39565 COCA: 27827

paramour

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
paramour /ˈperəˌmuɚ/ noun
plural paramours
paramour
/ˈperəˌmuɚ/
noun
plural paramours
Learner's definition of PARAMOUR
[count] literary
: a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship情夫；情妇；情人
BNC: 39565 COCA: 27827

paramour

noun

par·​amour ˈper-ə-ˌmu̇r How to pronounce paramour (audio)
ˈpa-rə-
: lover
specifically : an illicit or secret lover
a married man and his paramour
Her account put him in the position of looking like the duped lover believing the cheating married paramour's protestation of love … Bettina Drew

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Paramour came to English from French (a language based on Latin), though the modern French don't use the word. Since par amour meant "through love", it implies a relationship based solely on love, often physical love, rather than on social custom or ceremony. So today it tends to refer to the lover of a married man or woman, but may be used for any lover who isn't obeying the social rules.

Example Sentences

And faster than you can say "You've got mail!" he fell hard for his unseen paramour. Kipp Cheng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 1998 His Vietnamese paramour was a young woman of remarkable beauty. Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1988 As the vessel made sail immediately, and landed no part of their cargo, there seemed little doubt that they were accomplices of the notorious Robertson, and that the vessel had only come into the firth to carry off his paramour. Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian, 1818
Recent Examples on the Web Word of Rhaenyra and Daemon’s dangerous (though unconsummated) liaison quickly travels back to the Red Keep via a child spy in the employ of, of all people, Daemon’s paramour Mysaria. Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2022 Peter still suffers the indifference of a new young paramour, Amir (Khalil Ben Gharbia), which is provocative enough for the Obergefell era. Armond White, National Review, 2 Sep. 2022 Each paramour is unique to him—fleeting but exquisite, like a rare butterfly. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 Other males might not get eaten by their paramour at all. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022 That extended to his engagement and wedding night — which just happened to coincide with his April 8 tour-opening gig in Detroit, where his unwitting bride-to-be, longtime paramour Olivia Jean, was the opening act. Chris Willman, Variety, 17 July 2022 The film opens with the revelation that Violet has been bequeathed a villa in the South of France from a past paramour. Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, 29 May 2022 There were messages with a paramour and responses to various Whisper posts -- including telling one user that his son woke him at 5:30 that morning. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 2 July 2022 This tag was also used to describe the work of Mos Def, The Roots, former Common paramour Erykah Badu and other hip-hop innovators, whose music and thematic subjects were designed to enlighten as well as entertain. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from par amour for the sake of love, willingly, from Anglo-French par amur

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of paramour was in the 14th century
BNC: 39565 COCA: 27827

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