flabanus Save DMLBS flabanus [cf. TLL] , swain, swineherd. Cf.GlM 83–5; Forcellini would read flabarius, custos corporum and explain as nomen a flabra, qui flabello muscas abigit a cadaveribus publice expositis. ~anus, suan GlC F 218; ~anus, custos porcorum GlH F 432; 9‥ ~anus, swan WW; ~anus, custos porcorum, subulcus, scrofarius Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 246.