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goatherd

[goht-hurd]

noun

a person who tends goats.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English gāthyrde. See goat, herd²

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goatherd (ˈɡəʊtˌhɜːd)

—n
	a person employed to tend or herd goats

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