Gissard

//ˈɡɪsɜːd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who tends to geese; a gosherd. obsolete, rare

    "The Thebans had not a better shepherd than S. Wendeline, nor a better gissard to keepe their geese than Gallus."

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cattlemancowboycowpuncherdrovergauchogoatherd

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"The Thebans had not a better shepherd than S. Wendeline, nor a better gissard to keepe their geese than Gallus."

Etymology

Perhaps a corruption of geeseherd.

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