paramour

• Nom désignant un amant ou une maîtresse, en particulier une personne engagée dans une relation amoureuse ou sexuelle avec quelqu'un de marié, ou une femme vivant avec un homme important.

A noun referring to a lover, especially one who is in a romantic or sexual relationship with a married person, or a woman who cohabits with an important man.

1. Secret loverC1formal

   A person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship, especially when one or both partners are married to someone else.

   Amant secret

   • The queen was rumored to have a paramour in the court.
   • He was her paramour for many years before they were discovered.
   • The novel tells the story of a married woman and her paramour.

   Synonymesinamoratainamoratolovermistress

2. Cohabiting partnerC1formal

   A woman who lives with and has a romantic relationship with a man of high social status, often without being married to him.

   Concubine

   • The king's paramour lived in a separate wing of the palace.
   • She was known as the paramour of the wealthy industrialist.
   • Historical records mention the paramour of the duke.

   Synonymesconcubinekept womanmistress