Paramour Definition
părə-mo͝or
paramours
noun
paramours
A lover or mistress; esp., the illicit sexual partner of a married man or woman.
Webster's New World
A sweetheart.
Webster's New World
adverb
1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X.
And as for to say that I love La Beall Isode paramoures, I dare make good that I do, and that she hath my servyse abovyn all other ladyes, and shall have, all the terme of my lyff.
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Noun
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paramoursOrigin of Paramour
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Middle English from par amour by way of love, passionately from Anglo-Norman par by (from Latin per per1 in Indo-European roots) amour love (from Latin amor) (from amāre to love)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French par amor (“for love's sake").
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