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 paramour
Macaulay.
2.
Love; gallantry.
[Obs.] "For
paramour and jollity."
Chaucer.
© Webster 1913.
Par"a*mour`, Par"a*mours` (?), adv.
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.
© Webster 1913.