EGAVE

paramour

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.
  2. noun A person (especially someone who is not one's spouse) with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; also , one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair.
    to run away with a paramour
  3. noun A person (especially someone who is not one's spouse) with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; also , one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair.
    to run away with a paramour
  4. noun A woman who is the object of a knight's love, and who he fights for.
  5. noun God as the object of a person's devotion or love.
  6. verb To have an illicit or secret affair with a person, especially someone who is not one's spouse.
  7. adverb Of loving, etc.: out of or through romantic feeling or sexual desire; passionately.
  8. adverb Used chiefly when addressing someone: out of or through devotion or kindness; as a favour or kindness.

Similar words

doxy fancy man courtesan concubine odalisque lover affinity copemate playfriend misteress

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Word family

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