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swains

noun

plural of swain

as in boyfriends

a male romantic companion a romanticized portrait of a bygone era of beauteous Southern belles and their gallant swains

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a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her Grandma claims that she had several swains pursuing her, but it was only Grandpa who won her heart

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Recent Examples of swains Between the romantic fantasy of Anna and her two swains, the swoony Tuscan locales bathed in creamy golden light, and the tomatoes, You, Me & Tuscany delivers everything its title promises. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Apr. 2026

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And, if so, what will happen to all those chatbot boyfriends?

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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In the Odyssey, Penelope interprets a sneeze from her son, Telemachus, as a sign that her wish for Odysseus to return and punish her suitors would come true.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Her widowed aunt plays chaperone as Susanna attends heady lectures and repulses her many suitors.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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The first yearlong program will start in the 2027-28 season, and will feature two to four fellows, who will spend about six weeks working with each orchestra.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Campus leaders provided training for teaching fellows to facilitate difficult classroom conversations, and funding for student events that bring people of different ideologies and cultures together.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

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Forty years after two powerful men met in Reykjavík, three women—indeed, three world leaders—came together to continue the conversation.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Black men are imprisoned at more than five times the rate of white men, and a lot of commentators move straight from that number to the conclusion that the criminal justice system is racist.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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