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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At the court of the King of Kings, swart, dynamic Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran, arrived last week news which seemed to good Iranians almost unbelievable.
From Time Magazine Archive
They paid little attention to their swart, stocky son, left him in the haphazard hands of tutors.
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
During the summers, De Swart said, the town is overrun by visitors whose cars idle on narrow streets for more than an hour as they wait to park.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
Dr. Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, recognizes that the term “compartmentalizing” is loaded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Lineth Beerensteyn doubled the lead after a mistake by South Africa keeper Kaylin Swart in the second half.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
But goals from Roord in the ninth minute and Beerensteyn in the 68th, after an error from keeper Kaylin Swart, ended its unlikely run.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
But Mr. Swart could not abide the taste and vowed that if I ever wanted it again, I would have to cook it myself.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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