The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lemman \Lem"man\ (l[e^]m"man), n.
A leman. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (alternative form of leman English) 2 A lover, sweetheart, especially a secret lover or mistress.
Usage examples of "lemman".
It was you who insulted me by setting your lemman to wait on me, not her.
Quoth that burde to the burne, "Blame 3e disserue, Yghif 3e luf not that lyf that yghe lye nexte, Bifore alle the wy3e3 in the worlde wounded in hert, Bot if 3e haf a lemman, a leuer, that yow lyke3 better, And folden fayth to that fre, festned so harde That yow lausen ne lyst--and that I leue nouthe.
Ther nys no difference trewely Bitwixe a wyf that is of heigh degree- If of hire body dishoneste she bee- And a povre wenche, oother than this, If it so be they werke bothe amys, But that the gentile in hire estaat above, She shal be cleped his lady as in love, And for that oother is a povre womman, She shal be cleped his wenche, or his lemman.