swain
swain · swains
друг, хлопець, коханий
товарищ, пара, компаньон
Paar, Kamerad, Gefährte
A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral settingA rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
/sweɪn/
Meaning
4 senses(poetic)A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
(obsolete)A young man or boy in service; a servant.
(obsolete)A knight's servant; an attendant.
(archaic)A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
More definitions
- a man who is the lover of a man or woman
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
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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