Definition of Herdesses

1. Noun. (plural of herdess) ¹

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Definition of Herdesses

1. herdess [n] - See also: herdess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herdesses

herd cats
herd immunity
herd instinct
herd path
herdbook
herdbooks
herdboy
herdboys
herded
herden
herdens
herder
herderite
herders
herdess
herdesses (current term)
herdgroom
herdgrooms
herdic
herdics
herding
herding(a)
herding dog
herding instinct
herdlike
herdman
herdmen
herds
herdsboy
herdsboys

Literary usage of Herdesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"The last act is chiefly taken up with discussions of the same subjects by the same shepherds and shep- herdesses, and an account of the visit to the mother ..."

2. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists by John Tucker Murray, David Klein, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, William Winter, Rosamond Gilder, Felix Emmanuel Schelling, William Dean Howells, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Allan McAulay, William Randolph Hearst (1908)
"... ^™^t1™a]of herdesses with their actions and passions, which must be such as may agree with their natures, at least not exceeding former fictions and ..."

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