Sheepmaster

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Shepherd. archaic

    "Mesha, King of Moab was a sheepmaster [translating Hirt], as one can read in the second book of Kings […]."

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"Mesha, King of Moab was a sheepmaster [translating Hirt], as one can read in the second book of Kings […]."

Etymology

From sheep + master.

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