swain
noun
a male admirer or lover.
swainish
-
a word derived from
swain.
Example Sentences
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Whereof not to be sensible when good and fair in one person meet, argues both a gross and shallow judgment, and withal an ungentle and swainish breast.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
