PARAMOUNT Par"a*mount, a. Etym: [OF. par amont above; par through, by (L. per) + amont above. See Amount.]
Defn: Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent; as, a paramount duty. "A traitor paramount." Bacon. Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score. — Lord paramount, the king.
Syn. Superior; principal; preëminent; chief.
PARAMOUNT
Par"a*mount, n.
Defn: The highest or chief. Milton.
PARAMOUNTLY
Par"a*mount`ly, adv.
Defn: In a paramount manner.
PARAMOUR
Par"a*mour, n. Etym: [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.