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- [sweyn]
- /sweɪn/
- /sweɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sweyn]
- /sweɪn/
Definitions of swain word
- noun swain a male admirer or lover. 1
- noun swain a country lad. 1
- noun swain a country gallant. 1
- noun swain male admirer 1
- noun swain rural youth 1
- countable noun swain A swain is a young man who is in love. 0
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Origin of swain
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Middle English swein servant < Old Norse sveinn boy, servant; cognate with Old English swān
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Parts of speech for Swain
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swain popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
swain usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swain
noun swain
- admirer — If you are an admirer of someone, you like and respect them or their work very much.
- amorist — a lover or a writer about love
- beau — A woman's beau is her boyfriend or lover.
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
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