swart

[ swawrt ]
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adjective

Origin of swart

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English sweart black, dark; cognate with German schwarz,Old Norse svartr,Gothic swarts; akin to Latin sordēs filth

Other words from swart

  • swartness, noun

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Swart
[ swawrt ]

noun
  1. Charles Rob·berts [rob-erts], /ˈrɒb ərts/, 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.

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How to use swart in a sentence

  • Superhuman strength animating him for a moment he struggled up, his swart face stiffening, his eyes flashing.

    The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah Prichard
  • As they at last paused, exhausted and laughing over their own exertions, the swart blacksmith stood forth in their midst.

    Baron Bruno | Louisa Morgan
  • The British commander was a swart, thick man, whose plump face and figure indicated a love of good eating.

    In Hostile Red | Joseph Altsheler
  • The swart Alfar are meant, who were turned to stone if they did not flee from the light of day.

  • Also there were present a few Kaffirs, either headmen in swart Piet's pay or some of his dark associates in witchcraft.

    Swallow | H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for swart

swart

swarth (swɔːθ)

/ (swɔːt) /


adjective
  1. archaic, or dialect swarthy

Origin of swart

1
Old English sweart; related to Old Frisian swart, Old Norse svartr, Old High German swarz black, Latin sordēs dirt; see sordid

Derived forms of swart

  • swartness or swarthness, noun

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