swain
IPA: swˈeɪn
noun
- (obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
- (obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
- (archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
- (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
- A surname.
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Examples of "swain" in Sentences
- Thanks for all the good work Swain.
- Several spellings of the last name include Swain.
- A internet nickname for the photographer Tom Swain.
- Buffer and Swain stopped him from falling overboard.
- Swain later served as a high school basketball coach.
- She and Diana Swain hosted the program on a rotational basis.
- Swain penned detailed accounts of his transcontinental journey.
- An agreement allows Swain to write the first screenplay adaptation.
- Roger Swain is no longer the science editor of Horticulture magazine.
- The novel is in the form of an autobiography of Dr. Wilbur Daffodil 11 Swain.