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Limander

Limander is the archaic form of Leander.

Meaning of Leander

Proper noun

Leander

  1. (Greek) The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
    • Leander, he would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night.Act IV, Scene I
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.
  3. A city in Williamson County, Texas.

Questions about Limander

What is Limander the archaic form of?
Limander is the archaic form of Leander.

Words near Limander in the dictionary

  1. limacons
  2. Limaha
  3. limail
  4. limaille
  5. liman
  6. Limander
  7. limans
  8. Limanu
  9. Limao
  10. limapontiid
  11. limapontiids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Limander (page history and authors); Leander (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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