Showing results for Leander. Search instead for neander.

Leander

American

[lee-an-der] / liˈæn dər /

noun

Classical Mythology.

a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.

Leander British

/ lɪˈændə /

noun

(in Greek legend) a youth of Abydos, who drowned in the Hellespont in a storm on one of his nightly visits to Hero, his beloved See also Hero

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Leander

Plymouth College, which is now under different ownership, said the club was responsible for safeguarding and that it was "deeply concerned to hear these testimonies from swimmers who trained at Plymouth Leander".

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

The two drivers involved in the car chase were Tung Ming of Rancho Palos Verdes and Darryl Leander Hicks of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

“The Confessions,” which is performed in English, is even more personal: In the final few scenes, Lilit Lesser plays a younger version of Zeldin, named Leander here.

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

Ms Patten and Ms Lenderyou trained with Plymouth Leander Swimming Club, which is closely linked to independent boarding school Plymouth College.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

One very stormy night the light was blown out by the wind and Leander perished.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023