leman
noun
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
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leman
1 American
[lem-uhn, lee-muhn]
/ ˈlɛm ən, ˈli mən /
noun
Archaic.
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a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
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a mistress.
Leman
2
American
[lee-muhn]
/ ˈli mən /
noun
leman
1
British
/ ˈliː-, ˈlɛmən /
noun
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a beloved; sweetheart
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a lover or mistress
Léman
2
British
/ lemɑ̃ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of leman
1175–1225; Middle English lemman, earlier leofman. See lief, man
Example Sentences
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Even if Leman isn’t our grandmother, she is, by the end, our grand mirage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Some products are already on the market, wrote Adam Leman, a GFI scientist.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025
Tang's team and Leman Biotech is currently working toward that goal.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
He was speaking from the stern of a sailing vessel that was dragging a sample-collecting device across Switzerland's biggest lake, also known as Lac Leman.
From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2023
To-morrow at dawn I fly from the village Back to the peace of the waters of Leman.
From The Call of the Mountains and other Poems by Pickering, James E.
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