Par″a‐mour (?), n. [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 paramourMacaulay.
2. Love; gallantry. “For paramour and jollity.” Chaucer.