leman

noun Archaic.

1. a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
2. a mistress.

noun

1. Lake. Geneva, Lake of.

noun archaic

1. a beloved; sweetheart
2. a lover or mistress

noun

1. Lac Léman the French name for (Lake) Geneva

n.“sweetheart, paramour” (archaic), late 13c., from Middle English leofman (c.1200), from Old English leof “dear” (see lief) + man “human being, person” (see man (n.)). Originally of either gender, though deliberate archaic usage tends to limit it to women.