Paramour
11paramour — noun, archaic he was in love with his father s paramour Syn: lover, significant other, inamorata; mistress, girlfriend, kept woman, other woman; boyfriend, main squeeze, other man, inamorato; informal toy boy, sugar daddy; archaic concubine,… …
12Paramour rights — The term paramour rights refers to an outdated American practice of a white man taking a Black woman to whom he was not married as his concubine. The term paramour rights was first used by Zora Neale Hurston. The practice, she observed, began… …
13paramour — noun Etymology: Middle English, from par amour for the sake of love, willingly, from Anglo French par amur Date: 14th century an illicit lover …
14paramour — /par euh moor /, n. 1. an illicit lover, esp. of a married person. 2. any lover. [1250 1300; ME, from the phrase par amour by or through love < OF] * * * …
15paramour — noun /ˈpa.ɹə.mʊə,ˈpa.ɹə.mɔː,ˈpæɹəmɔɹ/ An illicit lover, either male or female …
16paramour — Synonyms and related words: Casanova, admirer, adorer, amorist, concubine, doxy, follower, infatuate, kept mistress, kept woman, lover, mistress, playmate, pursuer, suitor, unofficial wife, woman, wooer …
17paramour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mistress, ladylove; lover. See love, evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. concubine, courtesan, lover; see mistress 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. lover, mistress, concubine, courtesan, kept woman …
18paramour — par|a|mour [ˈpærəmuə US mur] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: par amour by way of love ] literary someone who you have a romantic or sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to …
19paramour — par|a|mour [ perə,mur ] noun count LITERARY someone you are having a sexual relationship with, especially someone you are not married to …
20paramour — par·a·mour || pærə‚mÊŠr / mÊŠÉ™ , mÉ”Ë n. lover, person with whom one shares an illicit relationship …