Associations to the word «Swain»

Wiktionary

SWAIN, noun. (obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
SWAIN, noun. (obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
SWAIN, noun. (archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
SWAIN, noun. (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
SWAIN, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

SWAIN, noun. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley