"Lem" meaning in English

See Lem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Lems [plural]
Etymology: * As a Dutch and North Germanic surname, shortened from Lambrecht or Lempert. See Lambert. * As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Lim. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Lems}} Lem (plural Lems)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Lem-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Clipping of Leamington Spa. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Leamington Spa}} Clipping of Leamington Spa Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lem
  1. (informal) Clipping of Leamington Spa. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: Leamington Spa Synonyms: Leam
    Sense id: en-Lem-en-name-MareOZTB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 78 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 86 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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