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Shepherd

//ˈʃɛpəd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A male given name. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Isabella County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in San Jacinto County, Texas. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. countable

    "It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar."

  2. 2
    a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.; A male sheep tender countable
  4. 4
    a clergyman who watches over a group of people wordnet
  5. 5
    Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. countable, figuratively

    "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."

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  1. 6
    Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.; A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader countable, figuratively
  2. 7
    The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. countable, figuratively
  3. 8
    The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.; A male pastor countable, figuratively
  4. 9
    A swain; a rustic male lover. countable, poetic
  5. 10
    A German Shepherd. countable

    "The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights. A nervous shepherd mix barked at me as a woman tried to calm it. When my eyes adjusted, I saw people in corners."

Verb
  1. 1
    To watch over; to guide. transitive

    "For me has Pain, the sentinel, / Been vigilant / To pace my plot and dwell / Within my tent; / Oft in the night with small alarms / Has stirred me out of rest, / Alert, oppressed, / Till shepherded within thine arms / And on thy breast, / O loving Lady, in the curse of Pain / I have been blest— / […]"

  2. 2
    tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats wordnet
  3. 3
    To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds. transitive
  4. 4
    watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of their pupils wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).

Etymology 3

From shepherd.

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