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Swabe

Swabe noun: a Swabian.

Noun

Swabe (plural Swabes)

  1. (archaic, rare) A Swabian.
    • A Brandenburgher will hardly understand a Misnian, or a Swabe either of them.1745, Thomas Salmon, Modern History Or the Present State of All Nations, volume 2, page 29
    • […] the same horse had once carried two travelling Swabes from Kosteinitza to Sarajewo […]c. 1846-1848, an Austrian medical office [name not given], "A Peep at Bosnia", in Sharpe's London Magazine, volume 2/3

Forms of Swabe

pluralSwabes

Origin of Swabe

Compare German Schwabe.

Questions about Swabe

What does Swabe mean?
Swabe means a Swabian.
What part of speech is Swabe?
Swabe is a noun.
What is the plural of Swabe?
The plural of Swabe is Swabes.

Words near Swabe in the dictionary

  1. swabbies
  2. swabbing
  3. swabbing down
  4. swabbings
  5. swabby
  6. Swabe
  7. Swabes
  8. Swabey
  9. Swabeys
  10. swabful
  11. swabfuls

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