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pas·tor
I. \ˈpastə(r), ˈpaas-, ˈpais-, ˈpȧs-, for 1 päˈstȯ(ə)r\ noun
Etymology: Middle English pastour, from Anglo-French, from Old French pastur, pastor, from Latin pastor, from pastus (past. part of pascere to pasture, feed, graze) + -or — more at food
1. -s chiefly Southwest : herdsman, shepherd
2. -s
a. : a spiritual overseer; especially : a clergyman serving a local church or parish
< the model of an eighteenth-century parish priest, scholar and squire and pastor of souls — Havelock Ellis >
b. : one who gives protection or guidance to a group of people
3.
a. capitalized [New Latin, from Latin] in some classifications : a genus of starlings that includes only the rose-colored starling and is now usually incorporated in the genus Sturnus
b. -s : rose-colored starling
4. -s : man-of-war fish
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to serve as pastor to |