noun
- a lover or sweetheart, especially an illicit or secret one
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- In medieval literature, the knight's leman waited for him in secret.
- The poem speaks of a nobleman and his leman meeting by moonlight.
- She was his leman, known only to a trusted few.
- The old ballad tells of a leman's devotion across many years.
- He kept his leman hidden from his family's view.