English Explanatory Dictionary

shepherd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
  2. A male sheep tender
  3. Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
  4. A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
  5. The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
  6. A male pastor
  7. A swain; a rustic male lover.
  8. A German Shepherd.
verb
  1. To watch over; to guide.
  2. 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.
name
  1. An English surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
  5. A village in Isabella County, Michigan.
  6. A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana.
  7. A city in San Jacinto County, Texas.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃɛpəd/ /ˈʃɛpəɹd/ En-us-shepherd.ogg

Word forms

shepherd shepherds shepherding shepherded Shepard Shephard Sheppard Shepperd

Etymology

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

Synonyms

pastor

Related words

bearherd cowherd goatherd gooseherd herd herder herding dog herd instinct herd's grass herdsman herdswoman hogherd horseherd neatherd oxherd swanherd swineherd Shepard Sheperd Shephard

Derived words

archshepherd Australian Shepherd Carpathian Shepherd Catalan Shepherd Caucasian shepherd Caucasian shepherd dog chief shepherd German shepherd idol shepherd overshepherd pack-shepherd Shepherd shepherdage shepherd dog shepherder shepherdess shepherdhood shepherdish Shepherdism shepherd king shepherd kings shepherdless shepherdlike shepherdling shepherdly shepherd moon shepherd satellite Shepherd's Bush shepherd's crook shepherdship shepherd's knot shepherd's needle shepherd spider shepherd's pie shepherd's pipe shepherd's pouch shepherd's purse shepherd tree shepherdy Shepperton undershepherd unshepherded Shep Shepherdsville

Translations

Afrikaans: skaapwagter Afrikaans: herder Aghwan: 𐔰𐕚𐔴𐕔 Albanian: bari Albanian: çoban Southern Altai: малчы Southern Altai: кӱдӱчи Southern Altai: койчы Southern Altai: чабан Ao: sannüker (Chungli) Arabic: رَاعٍ Arabic: راعي Arabic: سارح Arabic: سارْحة Armenian: հովիվ Armenian: չոբան Aromanian: picurar Aromanian: uiar Assamese: ভেৰাৰখীয়া Asturian: pastor Asturian: oveyeru Azerbaijani: çoban Bakhtiari: شوں Bashkir: көтөүсе Basque: artzain Belarusian: пасту́х Belarusian: па́стыр Breton: bugul Bulgarian: пасти́р Burmese: သိုးထိန်း Catalan: pastor Chichewa: mbusa Chinese Mandarin: 牧羊人 Chinese Mandarin: 羊倌 Chinese Mandarin: 牧民 Chinese Mandarin: 牧人 Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ Cornish: bugel Czech: pastýř Czech: pasák Danish: fårehyrde Danish: hyrde Dutch: herder Dutch: schaapherder Esperanto: ŝafisto Esperanto: ŝafistino Esperanto: paŝtisto Estonian: karjus Estonian: lambur Finnish: lammaspaimen Finnish: paimen French: berger French: bergère French: pasteur French: pâtre French: pastoureau Friulian: piorâr Friulian: fedâr Friulian: pastôr Galician: pastor Galician: pegureiro Galician: ovelleiro Georgian: მწყემსი Georgian: მეცხვარე Georgian: ჩობანი German: Schäfer German: Schafhirt German: Hirt(e) German: Hirt German: Hirte German: Hirtin German: Hüter German: Hüterin Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 Greek: βοσκός Greek: τσοπάνης Ancient Greek: ποιμήν Mycenaean Greek: 𐀡𐀕 Hebrew: רוֹעֶה Hindi: गड़ेरिया Hindi: चूपान Catalan: Pastor Dutch: Scheper Dutch: Schepers Dutch: Scheepers French: Pasteur German: Schäfer Italian: Pastore
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