LEMAN

leman. Leman, n. a sweetheart, gallant, harlot, ob.

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Le″man (lē″man or lĕm″an; 277), n. [[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. Chaucer. Spenser. Shak.