See paramour on Wiktionary
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"text": "And if it ſo that ſhe be not his wyfe (bicauſe ſhe was once his brothers wyfe) as your Doctors ſaye and affirme, then no man can excuſe your kynge nor ſaye but that ſhe hath ben euyil handeled, and kepte lyke a Concubine or Paramour for the bodely appetite, which is a great ſpotte, ſhame, ⁊ rebuke to her and to her whole lynage, […]",
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"text": "You vvould believe that the Images of Men-Saints vvere ſome Princes of Perſia-land vvith their proud Apparel; and the Idols of our VVomen-Saints vvere nice vvell-trimmed Harlots tempting their Paramours to vvantonneſs.",
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"text": "A scene unparalleled in our legal history was exhibited in the Court of King's Bench. The seducer [Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville] appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour [Lady Henrietta Berkeley, his wife's sister].",
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"text": "The action scenes are deafening and punchily staged by director Louis Leterrier (The Transporter), though I wish he'd set more time aside to spend with Nobby, his paramour Dawn (Rebel Wilson), their shaven-headed brood, and friends.",
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[
"adulterous",
"adulterous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension)",
"(chiefly dated) A person (especially someone who is not one's spouse) with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; also (Scotland, US, law), one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"dated"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dashnor"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dashnore"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ḵalīl",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خَلِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ḵalīla",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَلِيلَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ʕašīq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَشِيق"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ʕašīqa",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَشِيقَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "sirac",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"word": "սիրած"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "sirekan",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "սիրեկան"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "siruhi",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "սիրուհի"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "paljubównik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "палюбо́ўнік"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "kaxának",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каха́нак"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "paljubównica",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "палюбо́ўніца"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "kaxánka",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "каха́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "izvănbráčen ljubóvnik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "извънбра́чен любо́вник"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "ljubóvnik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "любо́вник"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "ljubóvnica",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любо́вница"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "jiānfū",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "姦夫 /奸夫"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "jiānfù",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "姦婦 /奸妇"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "nánqiè",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "男妾"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "pīntóu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "姘頭 /姘头"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qíngfù",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "情婦 /情妇"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "xiānghǎo de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "相好"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milenec"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milenka"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rakastaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rakastajatar"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amant"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amante"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maîtresse"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Buhle"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geliebte"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Geliebter"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Liebhaber"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Liebhaberin"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mätresse"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Poussage"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "eroménos",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ερωμένος"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "eroméni",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ερωμένη"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "erastís",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "εραστής"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "m'ahév",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מְאַהֵב"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "amante"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "madama"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"alt": "あいじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "aijin",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "愛人"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"alt": "じょうふ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "jōfu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "情婦"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"alt": "おとこめかけ, otokomekake, だんしょう, danshō",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "男妾"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"alt": "愛人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "aein",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "애인"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"alt": "情婦",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jeongbu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine"
],
"word": "정부"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"alt": "情夫",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jeongbu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine"
],
"word": "정부"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"alt": "男妾",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "namcheop",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "남첩"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "ljubóvnik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "љубо́вник"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "ljubóvnica",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "љубо́вница"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "šválerka",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шва́лерка"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"word": "paramour"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"lang_code": "nog",
"roman": "süyerker",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"word": "суьеркер"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amant"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "fâseq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"word": "فاسق"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kochanek"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kochanka"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "amante"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amant"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amantă"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ljubóvnik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "любо́вник"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ljubóvnica",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любо́вница"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"roman": "kāmuka",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "कामुक"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "љу́ба̄внӣк"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "шва̀ле̄р"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "љу́ба̄вница"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "шва̀ле̄рка"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ljúbāvnīk"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "švàlēr"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 64 2 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ljúbāvnica"
},
{
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"text": "It is the leaſt of his famous aduentures, that hee vndertaketh to be Greenes [Robert Greene's?] aduocate: […] He may declare his deere affection to his Paramour; or his pure honeſtye to the vvorld; […]",
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"text": "Clad you with yͤ ſilke of ſinceritie, with yͤ ſaten [satin] of ſanctitie, with the purple of probitie. Thus prune and pricke vp your ſelues, and God himſelfe ſhall be your paramour, ⁊c.",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ḵalīl",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خَلِيل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ḵalīla",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خَلِيلَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ʕašīq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَشِيق"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "ʕašīqa",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَشِيقَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "sirac",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"word": "սիրած"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "sirekan",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "սիրեկան"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "siruhi",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "սիրուհի"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "paljubównik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "палюбо́ўнік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "kaxának",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каха́нак"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "paljubównica",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "палюбо́ўніца"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "kaxánka",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "каха́нка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "izvănbráčen ljubóvnik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "извънбра́чен любо́вник"
},
{
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"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "ljubóvnik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "любо́вник"
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"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
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],
"word": "любо́вница"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "jiānfū",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "姦夫 /奸夫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "jiānfù",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "nánqiè",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "pīntóu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "姘頭 /姘头"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "qíngfù",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "xiānghǎo de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "相好"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milenec"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milenka"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rakastaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rakastajatar"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amant"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amante"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maîtresse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Buhle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Geliebte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Geliebter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Liebhaber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Liebhaberin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mätresse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Poussage"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "eroménos",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ερωμένος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "eroméni",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ερωμένη"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "erastís",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "εραστής"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "m'ahév",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מְאַהֵב"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "amante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "madama"
},
{
"alt": "あいじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "aijin",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "愛人"
},
{
"alt": "じょうふ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "jōfu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "情婦"
},
{
"alt": "おとこめかけ, otokomekake, だんしょう, danshō",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "男妾"
},
{
"alt": "愛人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "aein",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "애인"
},
{
"alt": "情婦",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jeongbu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"dated",
"feminine"
],
"word": "정부"
},
{
"alt": "情夫",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jeongbu",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"dated",
"masculine"
],
"word": "정부"
},
{
"alt": "男妾",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "namcheop",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "남첩"
},
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"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
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"feminine"
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],
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},
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},
{
"code": "nog",
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"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
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},
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"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "fâseq",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
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},
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kochanka"
},
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "amante"
},
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"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amant"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amantă"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ljubóvnik",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "любо́вник"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ljubóvnica",
"sense": "person with whom one has an illicit or secret affair; one with whom a married person has an adulterous affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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