leman

¹ American  

[lem-uhn, lee-muhn] / ˈlɛm ən, ˈli mən /

noun

Archaic.

1. a sweetheart; lover; beloved.

2. a mistress.

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Leman ² American  

[lee-muhn] / ˈli mən /

noun

1. Lake. Lake of Geneva.

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leman ¹ British  

/ ˈliː-, ˈlɛmən /

noun

1. a beloved; sweetheart

2. a lover or mistress

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Léman ² British  

/ lemɑ̃ /

noun

1. the French name for (Lake) Geneva

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Etymology

Origin of leman

1175–1225; Middle English lemman, earlier leofman. See lief, man

Example Sentences

This time, the guiding protagonist is Leman, her paternal grandmother.

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Grandma Leman was born into a wealthy Albanian family in 1918.

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Ms. Ypi, aghast at the “caricature” of her grandmother that was “emerging here,” resolved to get to the truth about Leman.

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Her subsequent sleuthing in the archives has produced a rich reimagining of Leman’s life.

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Through all of this a partial picture emerges of Leman, but it remains always, to both Ms. Ypi and her readers, maddeningly incomplete.

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