Paramour is an English word with synonyms like lover or concubine. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Paramour meaning
- A person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner.
- A person (especially someone who is not one's spouse) with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; also (Scotland, US, law), one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair.
- A woman who is the object of a knight's love, and who he fights for.
Synonyms of Paramour
Using Paramour
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who is the object of one's love, especially in an affair or romance; a lover; also, a sexual partner. | A person (especially someone who is not one's spouse) with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; also (Scotland, US, law), one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair. | A woman who is the object of a knight's love, and who he fights for.
- Useful related words include: fancy man, lover, concubine, courtesan.
- In the example corpus, paramour often appears in combinations such as: the paramour, paramour who.
Context around Paramour
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paramour
- In this selection, "paramour" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, infamous, former, potential, coffee, estate and class stand out and add context to how "paramour" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a former paramour who sadly and a passive paramour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paramour" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paramour
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But she was more than just a passive paramour. (9 words)
The soldier allegedly entered the house and confronted the paramour. (10 words)
Still, people only know what their potential paramour has revealed about themselves on a first date. (16 words)
Neither of the unconventional lovers at the center of Guillermo del Toro’s dreamy romance can speak, which gives an added weight to otherworldly compositions as they underscore Elisa and her aquatic paramour’s pas de deux. (37 words)
This familiar trope has appeared in all manner of sitcoms as characters who are romantically challenged fail to convince their skeptical friends that they found love with an unseen paramour who conveniently lives far, far away. (36 words)
You can expend 2 points from your tides of passion per spell level to gain the ability to cast it as a spell-like ability, using your paramour class level as caster level. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Starring alongside Joaquin Phoenix, she looks just as delightfully unhinged as one would expect of The Joker's infamous paramour.
Steenburgen gets a little shine, too, in a spicy scene with a former paramour who (sadly) just serves to remind her that she loves her husband back in the States.
Still, people only know what their potential paramour has revealed about themselves on a first date.
This familiar trope has appeared in all manner of sitcoms as characters who are romantically challenged fail to convince their skeptical friends that they found love with an unseen paramour who conveniently lives far, far away.
She is the National Security Advisor and paramour of the president and uses her influence to smear, undermine, and sabotage Ryan at every turn.
Hovind is grateful for customers and members of the community who have continued to support Paramour Coffee and donated to the Pay It Forward MHK program during this time.
The couple exchanged marriage vows Saturday at an intimate, outdoor ceremony at The Paramour Estate in Los Angeles.
There are eight allies and advisors who may become the Inquisitor's paramour, including two bisexual and two strictly homosexual characters.
The soldier allegedly entered the house and confronted the paramour.
But she was more than just a passive paramour.
She did not name the lucky paramour, but she has been dating billionaire Hassan Jameel for some time.
You can expend 2 points from your tides of passion per spell level to gain the ability to cast it as a spell-like ability, using your paramour class level as caster level.
Neither of the unconventional lovers at the center of Guillermo del Toro’s dreamy romance can speak, which gives an added weight to otherworldly compositions as they underscore Elisa and her aquatic paramour’s pas de deux.
Etymology main The word is derived from Late Latin succuba "paramour"; from succub(āre) "to lie under" (sub- "under" + cubāre "to lie in bed"), citation used to describe the supernatural being as well.
In the Nanavati case, Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati was tried for the murder of his wife Sylvia's paramour, Prem Ahuja.
Octavian used this to spread propaganda implying that Antony was becoming less than Roman because he rejected a legitimate Roman spouse for an "Oriental paramour ".
Recording sessions began in 2002, at Ocean Way studios in Nashville, Tennessee, but later moved to the Paramour Mansion in Los Angeles.
Schwarzenegger met his next paramour, Sue Moray, a Beverly Hills hairdresser's assistant, on Venice Beach in July 1977.
Similarly, innocent witnesses were frequently killed, and Tracy's paramour Tess Trueheart was often endangered by the villains.
When she leaves, Dream grants her permission to summon him at need; and when she asks to become his paramour, he refuses.
Common combinations with paramour
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: