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Leander

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Le·an·der  (l-ndr)
n. Greek Mythology
A youth who loved Hero and drowned during one of his nightly swims across the Hellespont to be with her.
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Noun1.LeanderLeander - (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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A dark-blue oar crossed with a cherry-pink one above his mantel-piece spoke of the old Oxonian and Leander man, while the foils and boxing-gloves above and below them were the tools of a man who had won supremacy with each.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
In the Hellespont we saw where Leander and Lord Byron swam across, the one to see her upon whom his soul's affections were fixed with a devotion that only death could impair, and the other merely for a flyer, as Jack says.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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