swain
swain · swains
товарищ, пара, компаньон
друг, хлопець, коханий
Paar, Kamerad, Gefährte
A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral settingA rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
/sweɪn/
Значение
значений: 4(поэтическое)A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
(устаревшее)A young man or boy in service; a servant.
(устаревшее)A knight's servant; an attendant.
(архаичное)A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
Ещё определения
- a man who is the lover of a man or woman
Переводы
языков: 2Происхождение
From Middle English swayn, swain, sweyn, swein, from Old English sweġen (attested also asFrom Middle English swayn, swain, sweyn, swein, from Old English sweġen (attested also as personal name Swein, Sweġen), from Old Norse sveinn, from Proto-Germanic *swainaz (“relative, young man, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself; separate; apart”), thus properly one's own.
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