paramour

[US]/'pærəmʊə/
[UK]/'pærəmʊr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lover; mistress; [archaic] beloved

Real-world Examples

I'm just jubilant my former paramour's jubilant.

Source: Third season

Every woman has burned the photographs of her paramour...

Source: Prison Break Season 2

Lock talons with their paramour and  do a free fall before finally separating, just before hitting the ground.

Source: Animal Logic

Patsy went away, with a good rudimentary knowledge of housekeeping and cooking, to a turpentine camp where her mother lived with the latest paramour.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

" Why should you need to go whoring" ? He glanced back to where Ellaria Sand rode among the other women. " Did you tire of your paramour on the road" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

The first is when the male has sung his little heart out, entertaining a female with his elaborate and lyrical ballad, but his potential paramour turns up her nose.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2021 Compilation

Three Weeks, written in what Hallett likens to a haze of longing for a recently departed paramour, was an extraordinarily bold work for a writer in 1907 to publish under her own name.

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

" ... not to wed or father children. Well, I have drunk my moon tea, and you know I cannot marry you" . She smiled. " Though I might be persuaded to keep you for my paramour" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

It is commonly known as Cleopatra's Asp, for that is the serpent which was brought in a basket of figs to the paramour of Caesar in order that she might not endure the triumph of Augustus'.

Source: Magician

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