goatherd
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English goteherd, from Old English gāthierde, equivalent to goat + herd (“herder”).
Noun[edit]
goatherd (plural goatherds)
- A person who herds, tends goats.
- 2000, Daniel Easterman, Incarnation[1] (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 411:
- 'Oh, yes. A man was brought to us about a year ago. There'd been a big storm along the southern sector of the Taklamakan. It went on for four or five days. This man was a goatherd from Tongguzbasti. He'd gone out into the desert in search of tamarisk, along with a camel for the load. At midday he had some bread and water and lay down for a sleep. When he woke there was a storm the like of which he'd never seen before. There was nothing for it but to hunker down and make the best of it; but at some point - whether it was day or night he couldn't say - he found himself on his feet, shouting and screaming at the noise, and walking for what must have been miles.'
Synonyms[edit]
- goatherder
- goatkeeper (rare)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person who herds, tends goats
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