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  Lemaître, Georges Henri Leman, Lake  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
leman
 
SYLLABICATION:lem·an
PRONUNCIATION:  lmn,   lmn
NOUN: Archaic 1. A sweetheart; a lover. 2. A mistress.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English leofman, lemman : leof, dear (from Old English lof; see leubh- in Appendix I) + man, man; see man.
 
 
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  Lemaître, Georges Henri Leman, Lake  
 
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