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(lem′ən, lē′mən)

noun

Archaic a sweetheart or lover (man or woman); esp., a mistress

Origin: ME lemman, lefman < lef, dear (see lief) + man

Lake (of) Geneva

Fr. name

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noun
Archaic

A sweetheart; a lover.
A mistress.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English leofman, lemman

Origin: : leof, dear (from Old English lēof; see leubh- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + man, man; see man

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See Lake Geneva.

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