swain

noun4

1. •
   (literary) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

   • Why thus from the Plain does my Shepherdess rove Forsaking Her Swain and neglecting his love? — 1722
2. •
   (no longer used) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.

   • these that seeme but silly country Swaines, May haue the leading of so great an hoste, As with their waight shal make the mountains quake. — 1587
3. •
   (no longer used) A young man or boy in service; a servant.
4. •
   (no longer used) A knight's servant; an attendant.