leaman

leaman (plural leamans)

1. 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.

• Aleman, Malean