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Definition: LEMAN |
LEMANNoun1. A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense. |
Date "LEMAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Leman (Lake). Geneva, called in Latin Lemannus. "Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face." Lord Byron: Childe Harold, iii. 68. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Love | Lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret, beau, sweetheart, inamorato, swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso, cavaliere servente, captive, cicisbeo; caro sposo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: LEMAN |
| English words defined with "LEMAN": Lemman. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LEMAN": Devil and his Dam. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tilki Leman (1958) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 18. Color measuring scale of Francoise-Alphonse Forel. Forel invented this scale in 1887 for the study of the color of water, and precisely for that of Lake Leman. He conducted his first experiments in Lake Leman in 1887.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "LEMAN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LEMAN" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "LEMAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Leman | Last name | 170 | 46,596 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "LEMAN": Viking-leman. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LEMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dashnore (inamorata, lay, lover, mistress, paramour), dashnor (dilly, inamorato, lover, paramour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | milenka (doxy, inamorata, ladylove, mistress, Sweeting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emanlay metres (concubine, fancy woman, kept woman, mistress, paramour). (various references) nhân ngãi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LEMAN": lemans. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "LEMAN": cattleman, fugleman, gentleman, middleman, missileman, nobleman, rifleman, stableman, teleman, whaleman. (additional references) | |
Words containing "LEMAN": allemande, allemandes, colemanite, colemanites, gentlemanlike, gentlemanlikeness, gentlemanlikenesses, gentlemanliness, gentlemanlinesses, gentlemanly, ungentlemanly. (additional references) | |
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"LEMAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Allemann, Elfman, Eman, Fleeman, keemun, Kleeman, lanan, Larman, lauan, laxman, leamon, leban, leema, lefan, legan, Lehan, Lelan, lema, lemaz, lemen, Lemine, lemja, Lenana, Lenman, Lerman, letan, Lexan, Libman, liebman, limagne, lohman, Lombank, lonan, Ludman, Luhan, Lukman, luman, Luqman, Olaman, oloman, Slieman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "LEMAN" (pronounced lē"mun) |
| 4 | -ē" m u n | daemon, demon, Freeman, seaman, seamen, semen. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, dairymen, Daman, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seedsman, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-n" | |
-1 letter: alme, amen, elan, lame, lane, lean, male, mane, meal, mean, name, nema. | |
-2 letters: ale, ane, elm, lam, lea, mae, man, mel, men, nae, nam. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, am, an, el, em, en, la, ma, me, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-n" | |
+1 letter: almner, enamel, flamen, lament, lawmen, laymen, legman, lemans, maline, mangel, mangle, mantel, mantle, meanly, menial, mensal, mental, namely. | |
+2 letters: ailment, albumen, aliment, almners, almoner, almsmen, alumine, alumnae, amylene, bellman, empanel, emplane, enamels, enflame, flagmen, flamens, gamelan, geminal, gleeman, hymenal, impanel, inflame, lambent, laments, laminae, landmen, leadman, leadmen, lensman, lineman, lomenta, lumenal, mailmen, malines, manacle, mandrel, mangels, mangled, mangler, mangles, manhole, manille, maniple, manless, manlier, manlike, mantels, mantled, mantles, mantlet, marline, melange, melanic, melanin, menials, minable, mineral, namable, numeral, omental, seminal, telamon, teleman, velamen. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 4D 41 4E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . -- .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01001101 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E M A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 004D 0041 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4639473548 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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