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Swain
Swain Swain, n. [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy, servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. sw[=a]n, OHG. swein.] 1. A servant. [Obs.] Him behoves serve himself that has no swain. --Chaucer. 2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry. It were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. --Shak. Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel. --Pope.

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- Look up swain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swain, Swains or Swain's may refer to: Swain Islands, Antarctica Swain's Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)...
- Geographic Names Information System: Swains Lake U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Lake "Swains Lake, Barrington" (PDF). NH Fish...
- all our Swains commend her" (from The Two Gentlemen of Verona) and "O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain;" (from...
- Dominique Swain (born August 12, 1980) is an American actress. She first came to attention as the title character in Adrian Lyne's 1997 adaptation of...
- Jon (John) Anketell Brewer Swain (born 1948) is a British journalist and writer. Swain's book River of Time: A Memoir of Vietnam chronicles his experiences...
- Representatives from Swains Island. Suʻa Alexander Eli Jennings is a direct descendant of Eli Hutchinson Jennings, the first American settler of Swains Island. Jennings...
- Islands is Swains Island (Olohega), under United States control since about 1900 and administered as a part of American Samoa since 1925. Swains Island was...
- into the 21st century. Some of the Swains from Jesse's generation were born on canal boats, and more recent Swains were born in the lock house. Family...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica Swains Island Swains Island  This article incorporates public domain material from "Swain Islands". Geographic Names Information...