Definition of "lemman" [lem•man]

• Alternative form of leman. (noun)
• A lover, sweetheart, especially a secret lover or mistress. (noun)

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• "-- [D. pencil.] [29] The word "lemman" is used by Chaucer in both senses, but more frequently in the feminine."
• "And then sche seyde, that he myghte not ben hire lemman: but sche bad him gon azen unto his fellowes, and make him knyghte, and come azen upon the morwe, and sche scholde come out of the cave before him; and thanne come and kysse hire on the mowthe, and have no drede; for I schalle do the no maner harm, alle be it that thou see me in lyknesse of a dragoun."
• "But he knew not of the tiding that came to his lemman."