as in lovers
literary
a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship
Her husband found a love letter from her paramour.
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Noun
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After a tumultuous and tearful enemies-to-lovers journey, brilliant scholarship student Ruby Hall (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and troubled but sensitive rich kid James Beaufort (Damian Hardung) finally gave in to their emotions (and passion) in the season 1 finale.—
Kristen Baldwin September 2,
EW.com,
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This last option is highly recommended for lemon lovers (which includes a lot of us); there are even a few lemon segments to liven this dish up.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Taylor Swift’s got a long list of ex-boyfriends.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 Aug. 2025
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In seriousness, though, Challengers is a true sports film in a way that sometimes gets lost amid all the hullabaloo about threesomes and internet boyfriends.—
Ana Osorno,
Them.,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Mothers may encourage their sons; wives and girlfriends may see it as a way to keep the children fed.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Hours before kickoff of the Chiefs-Bears game in Chicago, Hunt posted a video of them participating in the latest TikTok craze where boyfriends chase after their girlfriends in a foot race.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Women, however, are not allowed to legally divorce their husbands this way.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Our husbands are really good friends.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hilland was working on a dead-end cold case that stretched back to the 70s involving a man, John Smith, whose two wives went mysteriously missing.—
Natasha Stoynoff,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Conflict on both sides Men tend to be happy when their wives’ earnings fall in a particular range, according to research.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Paramours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramours. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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