SWAIN, noun
1. A young man.
2. A country servant employed in husbandry.
3. A pastoral youth. [It is used chiefly in this sense, and in poetry.]
Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.