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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Archaic A sweetheart; a lover.
  2. n. Archaic A mistress.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One who is dear; a person beloved.
  2. n. A sweetheart of either sex; a gallant or a mistress: often in a bad sense; a paramour.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A lover, sweetheart, especially a secret lover or mistress.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense.

Etymologies

  1. Middle English leofman, lemman : leof, dear (from Old English lēof; see leubh- in Indo-European roots) + man, man; see man.

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  • jinglebelljosie a sweetheart or lover; Middle English origin Feb 28, 2009

‘leman’ has been looked up 1504 times, loved by 2 people, added to 20 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 7.