herdessn.
/həːˈdɛs/, /ˈhəːdᵻs/, U.S. /ˈhərdəs/ A female herd; a shepherdess.
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 653 An hierdesse, Whech that clepyde was senome Wrot in a compleynt of hire heuynesse.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Kk5 She is the heardesse faire that shines in darke.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 84 The louely Heardesse of the Dell.
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