English-Thai Dictionary

swain

N ชาย คนรัก  คู่รัก  หนุ่ม คนรัก  lover beau gallant chai-kon-rak

 

swain

N หนุ่ม บ้านนอก  หนุ่ม ลูกทุ่ง  countryman num-ban-nok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWAIN

n. 1. A young man.
2. A country servant employed in husbandry.
3. A pastoral youth. [It is used chiefly in this sense, and in poetry. ]
Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel.

 

SWAINISH

a.Rustic.

 

SWAINMOTE, SWEINMOTE, SWANIMOTE

n.[swain and mote, meeting. ] In England, a court held before the verderors of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year; the swains or freeholders within the forest composing the jury. Its principal jurisdiction is to inquire into the oppressions and grievances committed by the officers of the forest. It receives and tries also presentments certified from the court of attachments against offenses in vert and venison. This court is incident to a forest, as a court of piepoudre is to a fair.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWAIN

Swain, n. Etym: [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy, servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. swan, 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.

 

SWAINISH

SWAINISH Swain "ish, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. "An ungentle and swainish beast. " Milton. -- Swain "ish *ness, n. Emerson.

 

SWAINLING

SWAINLING Swain "ling, n.

 

Defn: A little swain. [R.]

 

SWAINMOTE

Swain "mote `, n. Etym: [Swain + mote meeting: cf. LL. swanimotum.](Eng. Forest Law )

 

Defn: A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury. [Written also swanimote, and sweinmote. ] Blackstone.

 

SWAINSHIP

SWAINSHIP Swain "ship, n.

 

Defn: The condition of a swain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swain

swain |swān sweɪn | ▶noun archaic a country youth. • literary a young lover or suitor. ORIGIN late Old English (denoting a young man attendant on a knight ), from Old Norse sveinn ‘lad. ’

 

Swainson's hawk

Swain son's hawk |ˈswānsənz ˌsweɪnsənz ˈhɔk | ▶noun a dark-colored, narrow-winged buteo of western North America. [Buteo swainsoni, family Accipitridae. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after William Swainson (1789 –1855 ), English naturalist.

 

Oxford Dictionary

swain

swain |sweɪn | ▶noun 1 literary a young lover or suitor. 2 archaic a country youth. ORIGIN late Old English (denoting a young man attendant on a knight ), from Old Norse sveinn ‘lad ’.

 

Swainson's hawk

Swain son's hawk |ˈswānsənz ˌsweɪnsənz ˈhɔk | ▶noun a dark-colored, narrow-winged buteo of western North America. [Buteo swainsoni, family Accipitridae. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after William Swainson (1789 –1855 ), English naturalist.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swain

swain /sweɪn /名詞 C ｟詩 ｠(田舎の )若者 ; (田舎の )色男 ; (男の )恋人, 求婚者 .