cowherd

See also: Cowherd

English

Alternative forms

• cowheard

Etymology

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

Noun

cowherd (plural cowherds)

1. A person who herds cattle; a cowboy.

Synonyms

• cowherder

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

• Basque: unai, behizain
• Catalan: vaquer 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 f, Viehhirte m, Viehhirt m, Viehhirtin f, Cowboy (de) m, Cowgirl (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: βουκόλος m (boukólos)

• Hungarian: gulyás (hu), marhapásztor
• Irish: buachaill bó m, aoire bó m
• Italian: vaccaio m, boaro (it) m, bovaro (it) m
• Japanese: 牛飼い (ja) (うしかい, ushi-kai)
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• Macedonian: кравар m (kravar), говедар m (govedar)
• Mazanderani: گالش (gâleš)
• Norman: vachi m
• Occitan: vaquièr (oc) m
• Persian: گاوچران (fa)
• Portuguese: vaqueiro (pt) m
• Romanian: văcar (ro) m, boar (ro) m
• Russian: пасту́х (ru) m (pastúx), ско́тник (ru) m (skótnik)
• Sardinian: boinarzu m, boinàgiu m, boinàrgiu m
• Sicilian: mandriotu (scn) m, vaccaru m
• Spanish: vaquero m
• Swedish: koherde
• Venetian: boaro m, boar, boer

Anagrams

• chowder