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Swain

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Noun

1. beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain, young man

a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

Example Sentences:
'if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Swain

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noun archaic or poetic
1. 
a male lover or admirer
2. 
a country youth

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Swain

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noun Archaic
1. 
a country youth
2. 
a young rustic lover or gallant
3. 
a lover or suitor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Swain

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n.
1. A country lad, especially a young shepherd.
2. A young male suitor or lover.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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