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Swain is a related term of hind.


As a proper noun swain

is .

As an adjective hind is

located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

As a noun hind is

a female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old or hind can be (archaic) a servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

swain

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (lb) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
  • (obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.
  • (archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.
  • (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * *

    Anagrams

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    hind

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Adjective

  • Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
  • * 1918 , Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
    • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
    Derived terms
    * hind leg

    Etymology 2

    (Epinephelus) (etyl) (m), from (etyl), from a formation on (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
  • *, III.1.3:
    • Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
  • A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus .
    • Synonyms
    * (female deer) doe

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) , in the phrase h?na fæder'' ‘paterfamilias’. The ''-d'' is a later addition (compare ''sound ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
  • *, I.51:
  • *:Attilius Regulus .
  • * 1827 , Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale , page 41:
    • The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds .
  • * 1931 , Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth :
    • that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind , who am your son as well as he!
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