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lem⋅an

  [lem-uhn, lee-muhn]
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–noun Archaic.
1. a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
2. a mistress.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME lemman, earlier leofman. See lief, man 1
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leman 
archaic for "sweetheart, paramour," from M.E. leofman (c.1205), from O.E. leof "dear" + man "human being, person." Originally of either gender, though archaic usage tends to limit it to women.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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