gissard

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Etymology

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Perhaps a corruption of geeseherd.

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Noun

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gissard (plural gissards)

  1. (obsolete, rare) One who tends to geese; a gosherd.
    • 1584, R. Scot, chapter XXIV, in Disc. Witchcraft, Disc. diuels & spirits, page 528:
      The Thebans had not a better shepherd than S. Wendeline, nor a better gissard to keepe their geese than Gallus.
    • 1688, R. Holme, Armoury, volume iii, page 193/1:
      St. Gallus the Patron of Gissards, or Keepers of Geese.

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