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PARAMOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman who cohabits with an important man
Synonyms:
concubine; courtesan; doxy; paramour
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A woman's lover
Synonyms:
fancy man; paramour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("paramour" is a kind of...):
lover (a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage)
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