shepherd
see also: Shepherd
Pronunciation Noun
Shepherd
Proper noun
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see also: Shepherd
Pronunciation Noun
- A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
- 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., OCLC 580270828 ↗, page 01 ↗:
- 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.
- (figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
- 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James), Psalms 23:1
- The smallcaps Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- 1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James), Psalms 23:1
- (figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
- (poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.
- (one who tends sheep) sheepherder
- French: berger, bergère, pasteur, pâtre, (diminutive) pastoureau
- German: Hirt, Hirte, Schafhirt, Schafhirte, Schafhirtin, Schäfer, Schäferin
- Italian: pastore, pecoraio, pecoraro
- Portuguese: pastor, pegureiro, ovelheiro
- Russian: пасту́х
- Spanish: pastor, ovejero
shepherd (shepherds, present participle shepherding; 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.
Shepherd
Proper noun
- Surname
- A male given name
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