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   leman

   /ˈlɛmən/

   noun

   • 1. a lover or sweetheart. archaic
   • ▪ an illicit lover, especially a mistress. archaic

   Word Origin Middle Englishlēofman, from lēof (see lief) + man.

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   What is the meaning of the name Léman?

   • Léman was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, corresponding to the territory of modern Vaud. A former subject territory of Bern, Vaud had been independent for only four months in 1798 as the Lemanic Republic before it was incorporated into the centralist Helvetic Republic.

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   What does Lake Leman mean?

   • Lake Leman was once a spot which inspired poets with a new feeling for romantic landscape. You mean it brings some folks up short, like that gen'leman that stepped in just now? Leman definition: a sweetheart; lover; beloved.. See examples of LEMAN used in a sentence.

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   What does Lemman mean?

   • 1. a sweetheart; lover. 2. a mistress. [1175–1225; Middle English lemman. See lief, man] n. Lake, Geneva, Lake of. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.

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   What is the history of Léman?

   • Léman comprised all of the territory of Vaud detached from Bernese occupation, apart from the Avenches and the Payerne which, after 16 October 1802, were annexed by the canton of Fribourg until the Napoleonic Act of Mediation the following year when they were restored to the newly established and newly sovereign canton of Vaud .

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   What does leofman mean in English?

   • 1. A sweetheart; a lover. 2. A mistress. [Middle English leofman, lemman : leof, dear (from Old English lēof; see leubh- in Indo-European roots) + man, man; see man .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   Are Leman models a traveler's dream?

   • Arguably Blancpain's most popular collection, Leman models are a traveler's dream. In 1798 it was freed from Bernese rule and became part of the canton du Leman (renamed canton de Vaud in 1803) of the Helvetic Republic. There are a grammar school (1712), and boys' school and free school on the foundation of Sir John Leman (1631).

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   The meaning of LEMAN is sweetheart, lover; especially : mistress.

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   Leman can mean a beloved, a lover, or a mistress, or the French name for Lake Geneva. Lac Léman is the name of the lake in Switzerland and France.

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   Leman definition: a sweetheart; lover; beloved.. See examples of LEMAN used in a sentence.

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   Leman is an archaic word for a sweetheart, lover, or mistress. It comes from Middle English leofman, meaning dear man. See also related terms for sweetheart and the French name for Lake Geneva.

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   From Javanese liman, possibly from lima +‎ -an, doublet of liman; related to Proto-Chamic *lamaːn (compare Western Cham limân, Rade êman, Jarai rơman).

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   IPA(key): /ləman/

   Rhymes: -əman, -man, -an

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   leman (Jawi spelling ليمن, plural leman-leman, informal 1st possessive lemanku, 2nd possessive lemanmu, 3rd possessive lemannya) 1. (colloquial, Javanese) elephant. 1.1. Synonyms: liman, gajah, biram

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   “leman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

   Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

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   leman has different meanings in English and Malay. In English, it is an archaic word for a lover or a sweetheart. In Malay, it is a colloquial word for an elephant.

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   There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun leman, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Leman is a noun that means a sweetheart or lover, especially a mistress. It comes from Middle English lemman, from Old English lÄ“of +"Ž mann, meaning "beloved person".