swain

n.

1. A country lad, especially a young shepherd.
2. A beau.

[Middle English, young man, servant, from Old Norse sveinn.]

noun

A man who courts a woman: admirer, beau, courter, suitor, wooer. See sex/asexual.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
  Synonyms: boyfriend, fellow, beau, young man

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ungersvend, bondeknøs, beundrer, tilbeder

Nederlands (Dutch)
minnaar, plattelandsjongen

Français (French)
n. - soupirant (arch, hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bauernbursche, Liebhaber

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ποιητ.) νεαρός θαυμαστής ή υποψήφιος μνηστήρας, (απαρχ.) τσοπανόπουλο

Italiano (Italian)
amante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mancebo (m)

Русский (Russian)
деревенский парень, пастушок, обожатель, влюбленный

Español (Spanish)
n. - pretendiente, galán

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bondpojke, ungersven, herde, beundrare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
情人, 乡村青年, 求爱者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 情人, 鄉村青年, 求愛者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시골 젊은이, 시골 멋쟁이, 구혼자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 田舎の若者, 牧夫

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الريفي , الفلاح , المحب , العاشق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מאהב, בן-כפר צעיר, מחזר‬

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