Meanings
nounswan maiden (plural swan maidens)
plural swan maidens
- artsA woman able to shapeshift between human and swan forms.
On the other hand, the kobolds, brownies, and other household sprites who are not merely benign, but helpful, if well treated; the elf-maids who marry mortals, the swan-maidens, and the like, bear the stamp of Teutonic fancy.
1883 June 16, The Academy, London, page 416, column 1
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