a chief shepherd.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd > type of (12) sheep-reeve1450 a chief shepherd. page1590 English regional (chiefly East Anglian). A shepherd's assistant. Now historical and rare. shepherdling1605 A young or little shepherd. under-shepherda1640 (under-, prefix1 affix 3a(a).) lad1717 A boy, youth; a young man, young fellow. Also, in the diction of pastoral poetry, used to denote ‘a young shepherd’. In wider sense applied… lamber1809 One who tends ewes when lambing. mayoral1879 Esp. in Spain: any of various officials, esp. (a) the conductor in charge of a stagecoach (now historical); (b) the manager or foreman of a cattle… hurdle-man1880 (a) a man who looks after hurdled sheep or lambs (see quot. 1880); (b) a man who runs in hurdle-races. motherer1890 Australian. A person employed to mother lambs; a shepherd. See mother, v.1 5. rouser1896 Australian and New Zealand. = rouseabout, n. 2a. Cf. rousie, n. rousie1906 = rouseabout, n. 2a. Cf. rouser, n. 4. boundary-keeper1933 |
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