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PARAMOURS
Noun
paramours
plural of paramour
Source: Wiktionary
Par"a*mour`, Par"a*mours`, adv.
Definition: 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.
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.
Par"a*mour`, Par"a*mours`, adv.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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