leman

/ˈlɛmən/
noun
  1. A lover or sweetheart, especially in old or poetic language.
    • The poet wrote about a leman who was as fair as the morning sun.
    • In the old ballad, the knight sang of his leman far away.
    • She called him her leman in the love letters she wrote long ago.
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