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cobswan

noun
/ˈkɒbswɒn/

Etymology

From cob (“one who is eminent or great”) + swan.

  1. inherited from *swanaz✻ — “swan”
  2. inherited from *swan✻
  3. inherited from swan
  4. inherited from swan
  5. compounded as cobswan — “cob + swan”

Definitions

  1. A large male swan.

    • I'am not taken / With a Cob-Swan, or a high-mounting Bull / As fooliſh Leda and Europa were.
    • [T]here's plenty hint / Your pinions have received of late a shock— / Out-soar them, cobswan of the silver flock!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA