boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain
(noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman; āif Iād known he was her boyfriend I wouldnāt have askedā; āWhen the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jimā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swain (plural swains)
(obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
(obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
(archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
(poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
• Sawin, Wains, inaws, iwans, saw in, wains
Swain (plural Swains)
A surname.
• Sawin, Wains, inaws, iwans, saw in, wains
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetiĆØre consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
