English-Thai Dictionary

paramour

N ชู้รัก  concubine illicit lover chu-rak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARAMOUR

n.[L. per, and amour. ] 1. A lover; a wooer.
2. A mistress.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARAMOUR

Par "a *mour, n. Etym: [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. ] "For paramour and jollity. " Chaucer.

 

PARAMOUR; PARAMOURS

PARAMOUR; PARAMOURS Par "a *mour `, Par "a *mours `, adv.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

paramour

par a mour |ˈparəˌmo͝or ˈpɛrəˌmʊ (ə )r | ▶noun a lover, esp. the illicit partner of a married person. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French par amour ‘by love ’; in English the phrase was written from an early date as one word and came to be treated as a noun.

 

Oxford Dictionary

paramour

par |amour |ˈparəmʊə | ▶noun archaic a lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French par amour ‘by love ’; in English the phrase was written from an early date as one word and came to be treated as a noun.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

paramour

paramour noun archaic he was in love with his father's paramour: lover, significant other, inamorata; mistress, girlfriend, kept woman, other woman; boyfriend, main squeeze, other man, inamorato; informal toy boy, sugar daddy; archaic concubine, courtesan.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

paramour

paramour noun his stepfather's paramour. See lover (sense 1 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

paramour

par a mour /pǽrəmɔ̀ː r |-mʊ̀ə /名詞 C ｟書 古 ｠情夫, 情婦 ; 愛人, 不倫相手 .