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Leander

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Leander

In Greek mythology, the lover of Hero; see Hero and Leander.
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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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