swain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swain	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for swain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swain \Swain\, n. [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy, servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. sw[be]n, OHG. swein.] 1. A servant. [Obs.] Him behoves serve himself that has no swain. --Chaucer. 2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry. It were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. --Shak. Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel. --Pope.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Swain, NY Zip code(s): 14884