shepherd
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
Other meanings
A male sheep tender
Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
Related words
- overshepherd
- shepherdage
- shepherdhood
- Shepherdism
- shepherdling
- shepherdy
- Carpathian Shepherd
- shepherd spider
- archshepherd
- Australian Shepherd
- Catalan Shepherd
- Caucasian shepherd
Word history
From Old English "sċēaphierde".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shepherd” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.