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name
An English surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Isabella County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in San Jacinto County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: pastor
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noun
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
A male sheep tender
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: pastor
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noun
Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively
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noun
Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively
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noun
The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively
Topics: Christianity
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noun
The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
A male pastor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A swain; a rustic male lover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, poetic
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noun
A German Shepherd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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verb
To watch over; to guide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: Australian rules football
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noun
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sheepherder, sheepman
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Broader terms: herder, herdsman, drover
Narrower terms: shepherdess
noun
a clergyman who watches over a group of people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
verb
tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tend
verb
watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: guard, ward
History
From shepherd.
From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).
Across languages
266 source translations are retained for this English entry.
