Gooseherd

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who tends to geese.

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Etymology

From goose + herd (“herder”). Inherited from Middle English gosherde, from Old English gōshierde, a compound of gōs (“goose”) and hierde (“herder”).

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