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swart

  [swawrt]
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–adjective
swarthy.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE sweart black, dark; c. G schwarz, ON svartr, Goth swarts; akin to L sordēs filth

Related forms:
swartness, noun
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Swart

  [swawrt]
–noun
Charles Rob⋅berts  [rob-erts] , 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
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swart   (swôrt)   
adj.   Archaic
Swarthy.

[Middle English swarte, from Old English sweart.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

swart 
O.E. sweart "black," from P.Gmc. *swartaz (cf. O.Fris., M.Du. swart, O.N. svartr, Ger. schwarz, Goth. swarts "dark-colored, black"), from PIE base *swordo- "dirty, dark, black" (source of sordid). The true Gmc. word for "black," surviving in the Continental languages.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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