swain

noun

The swain served his master faithfully.

意味（1）

(obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.

意味（3）

(archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.

theſe that ſeeme but ſilly country Swaines,

May haue the leading of so great an hoſte,

As with their waight ſhal make the mountains quake.

意味（4）

(poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

Why thus from the Plain does my Shepherdess rove

Forsaking Her Swain and neglecting his love?