Limander
Limander is the archaic form of Leander.
Meaning of Leander
Proper noun
Leander
- 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
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.
- 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
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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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