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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 lover
2. a woman who cohabits with an important man
Familiarity information: PARAMOUR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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