情じょう夫ふ

noun

male lover; paramour

Refers specifically to a man with whom a married woman has an extramarital affair. The female counterpart is 情婦 (じょうふ).

See also: 情婦

• 彼かの女じょには夫おっとのほかに情じょう夫ふがいた。

  She had a lover besides her husband.