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

Now he’s gone to the house of Marr, Where the Nourice was his leman; To seek his dear he did repair, Thinking she would befriend him.

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank

"O gae ye down to yon laigh house, I sall pay there your lawing; And as I am your leman trew, I'll meet ye at the dawing."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Then read he me how Samson lost his hairs Sleeping, his leman cut them with her shears, Through whiche treason lost he both his eyen.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

Tamiya takes the cast off leman of Itō Dono.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

And drink unto the leman mine; And a merry heart lives long-a.

From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William