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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This time, the guiding protagonist is Leman, her paternal grandmother.
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
The start-up Leman Biotech, co-founded by Tang and paper co-author Yugang Guo, aims to commercialize the treatment.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
"We found that interesting because we often have the image of the Leman Lake as a big Alpine lake with crystal waters but it's not really the case," he said, using the French name.
From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2023
Far, far away, o'er the waters of Leman, Mistily outlined and faint in the distance, Threatening no longer, the dream-haunted mountains Lazily whisper of rest and contentment.
From The Call of the Mountains and other Poems by Pickering, James E.
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