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Webster 1913 Edition

Leman

Le′man

(lē′man or lĕm′an; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
lemman
,
lefman
; AS.
leóf
dear +
mann
man. See
Lief
, and
Man
.]
A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; – usually in a bad sense.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.
Spenser.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Leman

LE'MAN

,
Noun.
[See Love and Lief.]
A sweetheart; a gallant, or a mistress. Obs.

Definition 2024

lemán

lemán

See also: leman, Leman, and Léman

Old Irish

Noun

lemán m

  1. elm tree

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

Descendants

Etymology

lem +‎ -án

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