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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