Leman

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Leman \Le"man\ (l[=e]"man or l[e^]m"an; 277), n. [OE. lemman,
     lefman; AS. le['o]f dear + mann man. See {Lief}, and {Man}.]
     A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; --
     usually in a bad sense. [Archaic] --Chaucer. --Spenser.
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]