Lē'man or Lēm'an, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [O. Eng. leſmon, leveremon, from O. Eng. lefe, leve, and man. See LIEF.] A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress;—usually in a bad sense.

Chaucer. Spenser. Shak.