paramour

(păr'ə-mʊr')
n.
A lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship.

[Middle English, from par amour, by way of love, passionately, from Anglo-Norman : par, by (from Latin per) + amour, love (from Latin amor , from amāre, to love).]

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noun

A person's regular sexual partner: lover. See sex/asexual.

A lover; one who stands in the place of a husband or wife, but ordinarily without the legal rights attached to the marital relationship.
See 292 S.W. 2d 74.

For a list of words related to paramour, see:

• Love and Romance - paramour: married person’s lover

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - elsker, elskerinde

Nederlands (Dutch)
minnaar

Français (French)
n. - amant (arch), amante

Deutsch (German)
n. - Buhle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εραστής ή ερωμένη

Italiano (Italian)
amante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - amante

Русский (Russian)
любовник

Español (Spanish)
n. - amante, querido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - älskare/älskarinna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
情夫, 情人, 情妇

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 情夫, 情人, 情婦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정부, 애인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 情人, 愛人, 情婦

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خليل, عشيق, عشيقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מאהב, מאהבת‬

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