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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A leman had this noble champion, That highte Dejanira, fresh as May; And, as these clerkes make mention, She hath him sent a shirte fresh and gay; Alas! this shirt, alas and well-away!
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Love is a burr upon the floor, Love is a thief behind the door; Who loves leman for her breath May quench his fire and cry for death!
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
Warn not my love, till o'er the mead The morning sun has broke: Too short, alas! the time, since here I tarried with my leman dear, In love and converse sweet.'
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
And yf he dwelleden þer outh— Þat fel hauelok ful wel on þouth— Men sholde don his leman shame, 1192 Or elles bringen in wicke blame.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
"Ga lufe, Makyne, quhair evir thou list,55 For leman I lue none."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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