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what is the meaning of the word ‘SWAIN’??
please the answer should be correct and should be understood by me …with full explanation.plz
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pretty much everything the first answerer provided, but from the dictionary link:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/swain
it’s a pretty sweet link–several different definitions with multiple examples.
then we get to things like boatswain, ….aaaaaaaaaand cockswain!
huh huh. I said “cock”
…or maybe you meant
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Swain is a traditional English surname derived ultimately from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn (Sven, Sweyn), meaning a youth, young man. There are a number of variations in the spelling of the surname Swain, including Swaine, Swainne and Swayne.
From this word meaning boy, young male or servant, are derived:
* the generic noun swain, meaning a rustic lover or boyfriend, cf. the numerous examples in Shakespeare’s work, including his lyric, “[w]ho is Sylvia, what is she that all our Swains commend her” (from The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
* the specific nautical words boatswain (literally “young man in charge of a boat”) and coxswain.
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Old-fashioned word for a boyfriend or (male) lover. (Particularly used for a man who is likely to ask a woman to marry him.)
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