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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Noble County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Marion County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Taney County, Missouri, named after Swan Creek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Frankfort, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
Other townships, in Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio, listed under Swan Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Swan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Australian rules football
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noun
someone connected with Swansea City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
Acronym of syndrome without a name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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verb
To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial, dialectal
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noun
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aquatic bird
Narrower terms: coscoroba, cob, pen, cygnet, mute swan, Cygnus olor, whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus, tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus, trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator, black swan, Cygnus atratus
verb
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear
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Broader terms: declare
Narrower terms: hold, claim, take, attest, declare, protest, assure, tell
verb
sweep majestically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sweep, sail
verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: maunder, gallivant, gad, jazz around
History
From swan, the bird. * (surname): An English nickname from the swan bird.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *swónh2-osder. Proto-Germanic *swanaz Proto-West Germanic *swan Old English swan Middle English swan English swan From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh2-/*swenh2- (“to sing, make sound”). Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”). Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”). Doublet of sound.
Clipping of Swansea.
Probably from dialectal I s’wan, a corruption of I shall warrant; or possibly from a minced form of I swear on.
Across languages
206 source translations are retained for this English entry.
