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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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as in wooers
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 Synonyms for swains
Noun
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In this laugh-a-minute romp, Keke Palmer and SZA star as two down-on-their-luck besties and roommates who discover (much too late) that one of their boyfriends squandered their rent money.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025 -
The pressures of the war wear on the performers in different ways — the younger men grapple with the fear of being called up to serve, many of the women have boyfriends on the front lines and some of the older members have lost children in battle.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Of course, telling her boys apart is easy for Ness.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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There were men sitting at tables in front of what must have been a bar, three little boys who stopped playing on the pebble beach to watch me, two women also disembarking with baskets and packages from their shopping in Como.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Monteverde’s cloud forest is a haven for nature lovers, with canopy walks and wildlife encounters that will delight young and old alike.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Their model allows coffee lovers to directly invest in coffee trees, funding farmers who need upfront capital to allocate for faster farm growth, whilst also getting a share of the revenue.—
Sandy Peng,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But unlike some other suitors, Walden didn’t guarantee Nelson the starting job, nor could the Miners afford to match other financial offers.—
Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Bachelor franchise has always stuck by a somewhat silly dogma—that despite the fact that its premise (one star dating 20-plus suitors) is ridiculous and inherently a little raunchy, the show is at its core a pure slice of an Americana fairy tale.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The program's fellows are paid a stipend, check in with a mentor three times a day, participate in internships and receive travel opportunities.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Residents and fellows, on the other hand, have been employees for much longer because of the structure of their training programs.—
Patrick Aguilar,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And that advice proved useful in the coming years, especially after a growth spurt gave the teenager the physical attributes to deal with the kicks and elbows that came from playing against men often twice his age.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The busload of men and women who arrived that day in September 2018, like the others before and after, came with hopes of creating better lives for themselves and their families.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Swains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swains. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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