{ 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.
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.
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