<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--XBRL Document Created with the Workiva Platform-->
<!--Copyright 2025 Workiva-->
<!--r:019b27fc-7133-7374-aa56-1f39a03bb25d,g:a0118929-518b-4bdc-921c-0691ee06f519-->
<link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#all"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member"/>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://lee.net/role/Cover" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="lee-20251218.xsd#Cover"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://lee.net/role/Cover" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019b27fc-7133-7e9a-a77f-e1fae3f055d3" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019b27fc-7133-7e9a-a77f-e1fae3f055d3" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_019b27fc-7133-7cbf-b3fd-897befd67d04" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019b27fc-7133-7e9a-a77f-e1fae3f055d3" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_019b27fc-7133-7cbf-b3fd-897befd67d04" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_019b27fc-7133-7cbf-b3fd-897befd67d04_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_019b27fc-7133-7cbf-b3fd-897befd67d04" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_019b27fc-7133-7cbf-b3fd-897befd67d04_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_019b27fc-7133-7eb0-a65d-7e93585c7983" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis_019b27fc-7133-7cbf-b3fd-897befd67d04" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_019b27fc-7133-7eb0-a65d-7e93585c7983" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_CommonStockMember_019b27fc-7133-7d64-a699-11ad26c46ae6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2025/elts/us-gaap-2025.xsd#us-gaap_CommonStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_019b27fc-7133-7eb0-a65d-7e93585c7983" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_CommonStockMember_019b27fc-7133-7d64-a699-11ad26c46ae6" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_lee_PreferredSharePurchaseRightsMember_019b27fc-7133-7070-811d-32015ee30e07" xlink:href="lee-20251218.xsd#lee_PreferredSharePurchaseRightsMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_ClassOfStockDomain_019b27fc-7133-7eb0-a65d-7e93585c7983" xlink:to="loc_lee_PreferredSharePurchaseRightsMember_019b27fc-7133-7070-811d-32015ee30e07" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentType_019b27fc-7133-7a98-9292-3587fc514d05" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentType"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentType_019b27fc-7133-7a98-9292-3587fc514d05" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_019b27fc-7133-7d38-b5b6-c71d52a9a73c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_019b27fc-7133-7d38-b5b6-c71d52a9a73c" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_019b27fc-7133-7ad8-aed7-7050f0ada062" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_019b27fc-7133-7ad8-aed7-7050f0ada062" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_019b27fc-7133-7097-8526-3877dbf34caa" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_019b27fc-7133-7097-8526-3877dbf34caa" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_019b27fc-7133-740c-be25-c05db91527f2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_019b27fc-7133-740c-be25-c05db91527f2" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_019b27fc-7133-7d0c-b1e5-95fdafe5c242" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_019b27fc-7133-7d0c-b1e5-95fdafe5c242" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_019b27fc-7133-7901-8559-fcf32fba5ed1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_019b27fc-7133-7901-8559-fcf32fba5ed1" xlink:type="arc" order="6"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_019b27fc-7133-7cf3-abda-596e18d94ec6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_019b27fc-7133-7cf3-abda-596e18d94ec6" xlink:type="arc" order="7"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_019b27fc-7133-7186-befe-223c88dfc51b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_019b27fc-7133-7186-befe-223c88dfc51b" xlink:type="arc" order="8"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_019b27fc-7133-7aa1-a0b9-76026f2d53ce" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_019b27fc-7133-7aa1-a0b9-76026f2d53ce" xlink:type="arc" order="9"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_019b27fc-7133-7c37-91da-1be4cb7dec6f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_019b27fc-7133-7c37-91da-1be4cb7dec6f" xlink:type="arc" order="10"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_019b27fc-7133-769e-bb63-9eeec16c5f1e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_019b27fc-7133-769e-bb63-9eeec16c5f1e" xlink:type="arc" order="11"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_019b27fc-7133-7375-a656-ff358d4bc4af" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_019b27fc-7133-7375-a656-ff358d4bc4af" xlink:type="arc" order="12"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_019b27fc-7133-701b-b4af-9ba265e02c68" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_019b27fc-7133-701b-b4af-9ba265e02c68" xlink:type="arc" order="13"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_019b27fc-7133-71bf-afee-2ab61967fb95" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_019b27fc-7133-71bf-afee-2ab61967fb95" xlink:type="arc" order="14"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_019b27fc-7133-7350-bfda-a914f7fa77fd" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_019b27fc-7133-7350-bfda-a914f7fa77fd" xlink:type="arc" order="15"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_019b27fc-7133-7388-8a65-f97bbe0d8f4c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_019b27fc-7133-7388-8a65-f97bbe0d8f4c" xlink:type="arc" order="16"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_019b27fc-7133-7b1f-8f22-b6cdd5201958" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_019b27fc-7133-7b1f-8f22-b6cdd5201958" xlink:type="arc" order="17"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_019b27fc-7133-753e-9911-41321c2a6a99" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_019b27fc-7133-753e-9911-41321c2a6a99" xlink:type="arc" order="18"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_019b27fc-7133-7c7c-a9b2-af446e20e44c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_019b27fc-7133-7c7c-a9b2-af446e20e44c" xlink:type="arc" order="19"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_019b27fc-7133-7e33-bbad-f61b6ebf85b9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_019b27fc-7133-7e33-bbad-f61b6ebf85b9" xlink:type="arc" order="20"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_019b27fc-7133-708d-8fa6-115179ce5284" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2025/dei-2025.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019b27fc-7133-7a17-ae97-55a3aa4e1222" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_019b27fc-7133-708d-8fa6-115179ce5284" xlink:type="arc" order="21"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
</link:linkbase>
