Swain

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Swain may refer to:

In people:

• Swain (surname)

In places:

• Swain County, North Carolina, USA
• Swain's Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), Canada
• Swains Island, an atoll in the Tokelau chain, the most northwesterly island administered by American Samoa
• Swain, Agra, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India

In other uses:

• Boatswain, member of a merchant ship
• Coxswain, a person in charge of a boat
• Candle swain, known as the kertilsveinar at the Norwegian hird, for example, the royal court
• R. v. Swain, a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada dealing with the insanity defence in criminal cases
• Swain (horse), a European Thoroughbred racehorse
• Swain School of Design