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Definition swan

Etymology 1

From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz. Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan, probably literally “the singing bird”, from a Proto-Indo-European *swonh?-/*swenh?- (“to sing, make sound”). Related to Old English geswin (“melody, song”) and swinsian (“to make melody”). Compare Latin sonus (“sound”) and Russian ???? (zvon, “ringing”) and ???? (zvuk, “sound”).

Noun

swan (plural swans or swan)

1. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
2. (figuratively) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
3. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

Verb

swan (third-person singular simple present swans, present participle swanning, simple past and past participle swanned)

1. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.

Etymology 2

Probably from dialectal I s’wan, contraction of “I shall warrant”; later seen as a minced form of I swear.

Verb

swan (third-person singular simple present swans, present participle swanning, simple past and past participle swanned)

1. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).

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