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Le⋅an⋅der

  [lee-an-der]
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–noun Classical Mythology.
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
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Le·an·der   (lē-ān'dər)   
n.   Greek Mythology
A youth who loved Hero and drowned during one of his nightly swims across the Hellespont to be with her.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Leander 
youth of Abydos, lover of Hero, who swam nightly across the Hellespont to visit her, from Gk. Leiandros, lit. "lion-man," from leon "lion" + aner (gen. andros) "man."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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