noun
Meaning 1
One who herds oxen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
oxherd
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History
Etymology
From Middle English oxeherde, oxherd, oxhyrde, from Old English oxanhierde, equivalent to ox + herd. Cognate with German Ochsenhirt (“oxherd”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: воловар (volovar) — person who herds oxen
- German: Ochsenhirt — person who herds oxen
- German: Ochsenhirte — person who herds oxen
- German: Ochsenhirtin — person who herds oxen
- Macedonian: го́ведар (góvedar) — person who herds oxen
- Middle English: oxeherde — person who herds oxen
- Polish: pasterz wołów — person who herds oxen
- Polish: pasterka wołów — person who herds oxen
- Russian: волови́к (volovík) — person who herds oxen
- Russian: погонщик волов (pogonščik volov) — person who herds oxen
- Ukrainian: волови́к (volovýk) — person who herds oxen