A man who guards, tends, and herds a flock of sheep (grazing at large); usually one so employed for hire; or one of a pastoral people who herds…
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd (30) shepherda1023 A man who guards, tends, and herds a flock of sheep (grazing at large); usually one so employed for hire; or one of a pastoral people who herds… sheep's herdc1175 = shepherd, n. shepc1381 A shepherd. herd-groomc1384 A shepherd-lad; a herdsman, shepherd. pastorc1400 A shepherd, a herdsman. U.S. and literary in later use. pastorelc1440 A shepherd, a herder. groomc1550 A man, male person; in the pastoral poetry of 16–17th centuries frequently applied to shepherds (cf. herd-groom, n.). Sometimes contemptuous =… Pan1579 allusively. A person with responsibility for shepherds and flocks; a chief shepherd (occasionally applied to Jesus Christ). Also: an acolyte or… sheepman1591 †A shepherd (obsolete); originally North American, a sheep-breeder or -owner; a sheep-tender. pastoral1607 A shepherd, a herdsman. Cf. pastorel, n., pastor, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. sheep-ward1609 a shepherd. feeder1611 One who attends to the feeding of a flock; a herdsman, shepherd. ? Obsolete. sheep-herder1872 one who herds sheep in large numbers in unfenced country. Subcategories:— collectively (1) — type of (12) — shepherdess (4) |
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