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Le·an·der

 (lē-ăn′dər)
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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Leander

(lɪˈændə)
n
(Classical Myth & Legend) (in Greek legend) a youth of Abydos, who drowned in the Hellespont in a storm on one of his nightly visits to Hero, his beloved. See also Hero1
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Le•an•der

(liˈæn dər)

n.
a legendary Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
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Noun1.Leander - (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see herLeander - (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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Leander

[liːˈændəʳ] N → Leandro
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