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English
Noun
leaman (plural leamans)
- Alternative form of leman
a. 1616, “A proper new ballett, intituled Rowland’s god-sonne”, in Andrew Clark, editor, The Shirburn Ballads, 1585-1616, Clarendon Press, published 1907, →OCLC, page 355:Hid thee, my leaman; and I will goe plead for our loue, our loue.
1671, Desiderius Erasmus, “The art of alchymy”, in H.M. Gent, transl., The Colloquies, or Familiar Discourses of Desiderius Erasmus of Roterdam, →OCLC, page 263:Yea in an honest manner, thou mightest sooner have got a tooth from him than money. Thus the Alchymist was provided for, who was in no danger, but that he wanted something to give his leaman.
1911, Eden Phillpotts, The Beacon, John Lane Company, →OCLC, page 270:God’s my judge if I lose the quarry I’ll—I’ll—you and your leaman shan’t enjoy it anyhow—I know—I know ’tis.
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