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swineherd

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a herder or swine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pigman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herder, herdsman, drover

History

Etymology

From Middle English swynherde, from Old English swīnhierde. Cognate with German Schweinehirt.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: derrar — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Armenian: խոզապահ (xozapah) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Aromanian: purcar — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Asturian: gocheru — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Basque: txerrizain — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Basque: urdezain — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Belarusian: свінапа́с (svinapás) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Belarusian: свіна́р (svinár) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Belarusian: свіна́рка (svinárka) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Bulgarian: свина́р (svinár) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Bulgarian: свина́рка (svinárka) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Catalan: porquerol — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Catalan: porquer — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Czech: sviňák — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Finnish: sikopaimen — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • French: porcher — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • French: porchère — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Galician: porqueiro — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Galician: porqueira — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • German: Schweinehirt — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • German: Schweinehirte — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • German: Schweinehirtin — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • German: Schweinehüter — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • German: Schweinehüterin — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Ancient Greek: συβώτης (subṓtēs) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Ancient Greek: χοιροβοσκός (khoiroboskós) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Hungarian: kanász — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Hungarian: kondás — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Hungarian: disznópásztor — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Ingrian: sikuri — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Irish: muicí — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Old Irish: muccaid — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Italian: porcaio — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Latin: subulcus — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Latin: porcarius — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Macedonian: свињар (svinjar) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Macedonian: свињарка (svinjarka) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Middle English: swynherde — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Occitan: porquièr — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Old East Slavic: свинопасъ (svinopasŭ) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Old English: swīnhierde — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Old Ruthenian: свинопасъ (svinopas) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Plautdietsch: Schwienshoad — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Polish: świniopas — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Polish: świniarz — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Polish: świniarka — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Portuguese: porqueiro — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Portuguese: porcariço — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Romanian: porcar — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Romanian: porcăreasă — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Russian: свинопа́с (svinopás) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Russian: свина́рь (svinárʹ) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Russian: свина́рка (svinárka) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Serbo-Croatian: свѝња̄р — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Serbo-Croatian: свиња̀рица — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Serbo-Croatian: svìnjār — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Serbo-Croatian: svinjàrica — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Slovak: sviniar — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Spanish: porquero — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Spanish: porquera — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Swedish: svinaherde — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Turkish: domuz çobanı — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Ukrainian: свинопа́с (svynopás) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Ukrainian: свина́р (svynár) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Ukrainian: свина́рка (svynárka) — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Venetan: porchèr — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Venetan: porcàr — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
  • Welsh: meichiad — person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs
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