shepherd
See also: Shepherd
English
Etymology
From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
shepherd (plural shepherds, feminine shepherdess)
- A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
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- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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- (figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
- 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James), Psalms, 23, i,
- The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James), Psalms, 23, i,
- (figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
- (poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.
Synonyms
- (one who tends sheep): sheepherder
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- archshepherd
- Australian Shepherd
- Caucasian shepherd
- chief shepherd
- German Shepherd
- shepherd dog
- shepherdess
- shepherdish
- shepherdism
- shepherdless
- shepherdlike
- shepherdly
- shepherd moon
- shepherd satellite
- Shepherd's Bush
- shepherd's crook
- shepherdship
- shepherd's knot
- shepherd's needle
- shepherd's pie
- shepherd's pipe
- shepherd's pouch
- shepherd's purse
- undershepherd
Related terms
Translations
a person who tends sheep
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someone who watches over or guides
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Verb
shepherd (third-person singular simple present shepherds, present participle shepherding, simple past and past participle shepherded)
- To watch over; to guide
- (Australian rules football) For a player to obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
Translations
watch over; guide
in Australian rules football
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