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goatherd

[ goht-hurd ]

noun

  1. a person who tends goats.


goatherd

/ ˈɡəʊtˌhɜːd /

noun

  1. a person employed to tend or herd goats


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Word History and Origins

Origin of goatherd1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gāthyrde. See goat, herd 2

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Example Sentences

Her baby, when born, is exposed as being illegitimate, but found by a goatherd and brought up—becoming the all but deified Atys.

Only the one old peasant works alone: and a goatherd watching his long-haired, white goats.

The goatherd offered to anoint him with dust and spittle, pointing a stumpy forefinger, but Francesco was filled with disgust.

On this the goatherd Melanthius went by back passages to the store-room of Ulysses' house.

A little goatherd, leading his bleating flock, plays on a reed flute to summon a straggler from a distant crag.

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