swain

A country lad, especially a young shepherd.

A young male suitor or lover.

A young man or boy in service; a servant.

A young man in attendance on a knight; a squire.

A man dwelling in the country; a countryman employed in husbandry; a rustic.

Hence A country gallant; a lover or sweetheart generally.

A servant.

A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; — chiefly in poetry.

A knight’s servant; an attendant.

A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.