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A young man or boy in service; a servant.
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A knight's servant; an attendant.
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A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
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A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
Examples of swain in a Sentence
In effect, they create a personality for the uncouth swain.
By giving shelter to the fugitive Eadgils, a rebel against his uncle the king of the " Swain " (the Swedes, dwelling to the north of the Gautar), Heardred brought on himself an invasion, in which he lost his life.
Pediatric dietitian, Dave Swain, has some words of advice.
The next term Mr C Swain came to take the woodwork classes at Victoria Road.
The charming Julia Belle Swain was built in 1971 and is considered one of the few authentic steam-powered passenger vessels still in operation on the Mississippi.
Once it was determined a real ring was needed for the movie, Eclipse, Meyer worked with Portland-based jewelry designer Rick Thurber and prop designer Grant Swain to create the movie prop ring.
Swain first researched Victorian jewelry and presented Meyer with ideas.
Meyer didn't think any of the ring proposals matched her image of Bella's engagement ring so Swain sent a rough sketch of Meyer's idea to Thurber, who had created the Cullen family crest jewelry.
After Meyer and Swain approved his design, Thurber created the movie prop using real diamonds since there was no time to order cubic zirconia stones for the ring.
He was barely seventeen when (in November 1821) he was taken into the office of Messrs Swain, Stevens and Co., solicitors, in Frederick's Place, Old Jewry.
Talc also is widely distributed in the state; the most extensive beds are in the south-western counties, Swain and Cherokee.
Nearly onefourth of the Indians are Cherokees, who occupy, for the most part, the Qualla Reservation in Swain and Jackson counties, not far from the south-western extremity of the state.