| 单词 | goatherdess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈgoatherdess ˈgoatherdess n. a female goatherd. [Compare earlier goatress n. and herdess n.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of goats > [noun] > goat-herd goatherdeOE goatress1607 goatherdess1620 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. ii. vi. f. 47v Shee would be stiled no otherwise, but the Goatherdesse [It. Cavriuola]. 1773 A. Grant Let. 3 May in Lett. from Mountains (1806) I. 53 I will not be a shepherdess, but a goatherdess. 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 2 He is flirting with a red-headed Highland goatherdess. 1903 Living Age 24 Jan. 206/1 An ancient goatherdess comes down the lane, twirling the distaff set with coarse grey hemp as she follows her flock. 2007 G. Greer Shakespeare's Wife iv. 60 In As You Like It Touchstone is a city wit who makes a specialty of wooing silly country girls like Audrey, the goatherdess. < as lemmas |
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