Meaning of Swain | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A young man or boy in service; a servant.
   obsolete
3. A knight's servant; an attendant.
   obsolete
4. A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
   archaic
5. A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
   poetic

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Examples

“theſe that ſeeme but ſilly country Swaines, May haue the leading of so great an hoſte, As with their waight ſhal make the mountains quake.”

“Why thus from the Plain does my Shepherdess rove Forsaking Her Swain and neglecting his love?”

“You're the belle of the ball, and these are all your swains, hoping for a glimpse of ankle.”

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