Swain

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swain \Swain\, n. [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy,
     servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. sw[=a]n, OHG.
     swein.]
     1. A servant. [Obs.]
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              Him behoves serve himself that has no swain.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a
        cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.
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              It were a happy life
              To be no better than a homely swain.  --Shak.
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              Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel.
                                                    --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swain
       n : a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd
           known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn: {boyfriend},
            {fellow}, {beau}, {young man}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "swain":
     Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Romeo, amoroso, beau, bodyguard,
     boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, chaperon,
     companion, conductor, convoy, duenna, escort, esquire, fellow,
     fellow traveler, flame, gallant, gentleman friend, gigolo, guard,
     inamorato, lady-killer, love-maker, man, necker, old man, petter,
     philanderer, safe-conduct, seducer, sheik, shepherd, spark,
     sparker, squire, sugar daddy, usher, wooer, young man
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Swain, NY
    Zip code(s): 14884

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Swain -- U.S. County in North Carolina
     Population (2000):    12968
     Housing Units (2000): 7105
     Land area (2000):     528.100785 sq. miles (1367.774696 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    12.543112 sq. miles (32.486509 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    540.643897 sq. miles (1400.261205 sq. km)
     Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
     Location:             35.421822 N, 83.446528 W
     Headwords:
      Swain
      Swain, NC
      Swain County
      Swain County, NC