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pack-shepherd

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A shepherd who owns his or her own flock or pack of sheep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He's a pack-shepherd – you know what that means – and they say he has a pack of ten-score ewes. ("The Free Fishers", John Buchan, Polygon 2009 p. 117)

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