Swineherd
//ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
"But what of that vast number of the human kind who were always in the background? What of the hewers of wood and drawers of water, the swineherds, the shepherds, the carpenters, the hedgers and cobblers?"
- 2 a herder or swine wordnet
Example
More examples"His father worked as a swineherd."
Etymology
From Middle English swynherde, from Old English swīnhierde. Cognate with German Schweinehirt.
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