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PARAMOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paramour mean? 

PARAMOUR (noun)
  The noun PARAMOUR has 2 senses:

1. a woman's loverplay

2. a woman who cohabits with an important manplay

  Familiarity information: PARAMOUR used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARAMOUR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's lover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fancy man; paramour

Hypernyms ("paramour" is a kind of...):

lover (a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A woman who cohabits with an important man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

concubine; courtesan; doxy; paramour

Hypernyms ("paramour" is a kind of...):

fancy woman; kept woman; mistress (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paramour"):

odalisque (a woman slave in a harem)


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