swart
adjective
swart
1 American
[swawrt]
/ swɔrt /
adjective
Swart
2
American
[swawrt]
/ swɔrt /
noun
swart
British
/ swɔːt /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of swart
before 900; Middle English; Old English sweart black, dark; cognate with German schwarz, Old Norse svartr, Gothic swarts; akin to Latin sordēs filth
Vocabulary lists containing swart
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When the investigating U. S. Senators resumed writing their book of Wall Street Revelations in Washington last week, they had a lot of fun with their swart, persistent Inquisitor Ferdinand Pecora.
From Time Magazine Archive
Foodhandlers, working under arc lights, stopped to stare and pound their frozen hands together, as out of the car emerged a small, swart Napoleonic figure wrapped in a greatcoat.
From Time Magazine Archive
To William Wyler, 42, short, swart director who graduated from bang-bang Westerns to a closer walk with art.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only apparently idle person at the table was Mr. Daugherty's lawyer, Max D. Steuer, who watched Mr. Buckner seemingly uninterested, rubbed his swart cheek languidly.
From Time Magazine Archive
His broad flat face was swart, his eyes were like coals, and his tongue was red; he wielded a great spear.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Swart said the LinkedIn post has received about 100 applications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
“It’s not easy, and I’m not saying we can do it 100% of the time,” Swart said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
While that game saw South Africa keeper Kaylin Swart make an error to allow Lineth Beerensteyn to score, she also pulled off a string of saves to keep the Netherlands at bay.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Their second goal was a gift, Swart allowing a seemingly routine shot by the recalled Beerensteyn to slip through her grasp and into the net.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
Men like Swart, Gregory, and Warrant Officer Brand reinforced my belief in the essential humanity even of those who had kept me behind bars for the previous twenty-seven and a half years.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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