His father worked as a swineherd.
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Swineherd
//ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd//
Synonyms for "swineherd" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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16 entriesderived from
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1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
67 translations across 38 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- derrar noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- συβώτης noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- χοιροβοσκός noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Armenian
1 entries- խոզապահ noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Aromanian
1 entries- purcar noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Basque
2 entries- txerrizain noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- urdezain noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Belarusian
3 entries- свіна́р noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свіна́рка noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свінапа́с noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Bulgarian
2 entries- свина́р noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свина́рка noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Catalan
2 entries- porquer noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- porquerol noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Czech
1 entries- sviňák noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Finnish
1 entries- sikopaimen noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
French
2 entries- porcher noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- porchère noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Galician
2 entries- porqueira noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- porqueiro noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
German
4 entries- Schweinehirt noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- Schweinehirte noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- Schweinehirtin noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- Schweinehüter noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Hungarian
3 entries- disznópásztor noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- kanász noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- kondás noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Ingrian
1 entries- sikuri noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Irish
1 entries- muicí noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Italian
1 entries- porcaio noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Latin
2 entries- porcarius noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- subulcus noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Macedonian
2 entries- свињар noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свињарка noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Middle English
1 entries- swynherde noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Occitan
1 entries- porquièr noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- свинопасъ noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Old English
1 entries- swīnhierde noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Old Irish
1 entries- muccaid noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Old Ruthenian
1 entries- свинопасъ noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schwienshoad noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Polish
3 entries- świniarka noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- świniarz noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- świniopas noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Portuguese
2 entries- porcariço noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- porqueiro noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Romanian
2 entries- porcar noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- porcăreasă noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Russian
3 entries- свина́рка noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свина́рь noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свинопа́с noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- svinjàrica noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- svìnjār noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свиња̀рица noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свѝња̄р noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Slovak
1 entries- sviniar noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Spanish
2 entries- porquera noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- porquero noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Swedish
1 entries- svinaherde noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Turkish
1 entries- domuz çobanı noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Ukrainian
3 entries- свина́р noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свина́рка noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- свинопа́с noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Venetan
2 entries- porchèr noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
- porcàr noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Welsh
1 entries- meichiad noun (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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?
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