cowherd

See also: Cowherd

English

Alternative forms

• cowheard (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English couherde, from Old English cūhierde, equivalent to cow +‎ herd (“herder”). Doublet of Coward (the surname). Cognate with German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”). Compare shepherd, goatherd, swineherd, etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cowherd (plural cowherds)

1. One who herds cattle; a cowboy.

   Synonyms: cowherder; cowboy

   Hyponym: cowherdess

Derived terms

• Coward
• Cowherd
• cowherdess

Related terms

• bearherd
• cow
• cowboy
• cowgirl
• cowman
• cowperson
• cowpoke
• cowwoman, cow-woman
• goatherd
• gooseherd
• herd
• herder
• herding dog
• herd instinct
• herdsman
• Herdsman (the constellation Boötes)
• herdswoman
• hogherd
• horseherd
• neatherd
• oxherd
• swanherd
• swineherd

Translations

a person who herds cattle

• Assamese: গৰখীয়া (gorokhia), গোৱাল (güal)
• Basque: unai, behizain
• Bulgarian: кравар (bg) m (kravar), говедар (bg) m (govedar)
• Catalan: vaquer (ca) m
• Danish: kohyrde c (archaic)
• Finnish: karjapaimen (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: vachier m
• French: vacher (fr), vachère (fr), bouvier (fr) m, bouvière (fr) f
• Friulian: boâr m, vacjâr m
• German: Kuhhirte (de) m, Kuhhirt (de) m, Kuhhirtin (de) f, Viehhirte m, Viehhirt m, Viehhirtin f, Cowboy (de) m, Cowgirl (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: βουκόλος m (boukólos)

• Hungarian: gulyás (hu), marhapásztor (hu)
• Ingrian: lehmäpaimen, lehmuri
• Irish: buachaill bó m, aoire bó m
• Italian: vaccaio m, mandriano (it) m, bovaro (it) m
• Japanese: 牛飼い (ja) (うしかい, ushi-kai)
• Latin: bubulcus m, vaccārius m
• Macedonian: кравар m (kravar), говедар m (govedar)
• Mazanderani: گالش (gâleš)
• Middle English: couherde
• Norman: vachi m
• Occitan: vaquièr (oc) m
• Old English: cūhierde m
• Persian: گاوچران (fa)
• Polish: pasterz (pl) m, pasterka (pl) f
• Portuguese: vaqueiro (pt) m
• Romanian: văcar (ro) m, boar (ro) m
• Russian: пасту́х (ru) m (pastúx), ско́тник (ru) m (skótnik)
• Sanskrit: गोपाल (sa) m (gopāla)
• Sardinian: boinarzu m, boinàgiu m, boinàrgiu m
• Sicilian: mandriotu (scn) m, vaccaru m
• Spanish: vaquero (es) m
• Swedish: koherde
• Turkish: inekçi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: اینكجی (inekci)

• Venetan: boaro m, boar, boer

Anagrams

• chowder

Middle English

Noun

cowherd

1. alternative form of cowherde