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leman

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈlɛmən/
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/ˈlɛmən/ · /ˈliːmən/

Definition of leman

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic)One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover; a gallant or mistress).
    “Faire Venus seemde vnto his bed to bring Her, whom he waking euermore did weene, To be the chastest flowre, that ay did spring On earthly braunch, the daughter of a king, Now a loose Leman to vile seruice bound[…].”
    “The prisoner I speak of is better booty—a jolly monk riding to visit his leman, an I may judge by his horse-gear and wearing apparel.”
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noun

  1. (archaic)One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover; a gallant or mistress).
    “Faire Venus seemde vnto his bed to bring Her, whom he waking euermore did weene, To be the chastest flowre, that ay did spring On earthly braunch, the daughter of a king, Now a loose Leman to vile seruice bound[…].”
    “The prisoner I speak of is better booty—a jolly monk riding to visit his leman, an I may judge by his horse-gear and wearing apparel.”
  2. (often, pejorative)A paramour.
    “And he sent the news to William the Lyon, sitting drinking the wine and fondling his bonny lemans in Edinburgh Town, and William made him the Knight of Kinraddie[…].”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English lemman, variant of leofman, from Old English *lēofmann ("lover; sweetheart"; attested as a personal name), equivalent to lief + man ("beloved person"). In the past, incorrectly asserted to derive from French l'aimant (“the [male] lover”).

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