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Definition of Shepherd

1. Verb. Watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils.

2. Noun. A clergyman who watches over a group of people.

3. Verb. Tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats.

4. Noun. A herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock.

Definition of Shepherd

1. n. A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

2. v. t. To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.

Definition of Shepherd

1. Noun. A person who tends sheep. ¹

2. Noun. (context: figuratively) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. ¹

3. Verb. To watch over; to guide ¹

4. Verb. (Australian rules football) For a player 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shepherd

1. to watch over carefully [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Shepherd

1. 1. A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, especially. A flock grazing at large. 2. The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others. Shepherd bird, a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called also shepherd's dog. Shepherd dog, a name of Pan. Shepherd kings, the chiefs of a nomadic people who invaded Egypt from the East in the traditional period, and conquered it, at least in part. They were expelled after about five hundred years, and attempts have been made to connect their expulsion with narrative in the book of Exodus. Shepherd's club, the small teasel. Origin: OE. Schepherde, schephirde, AS. Sceaphyrde; sceap sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian. See Sheep, and Herd. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shepherd

shende shending shends shendship sheng shengs shent shentleman shentlemen sheol

sheols sheople shep shepard shepard fracture shepherd (current term) shepherd's clock shepherd's crook shepherd's knot shepherd's needle

shepherd's pie shepherd's pies shepherd's pipe shepherd's pouch shepherd's purse shepherd dog shepherd dogs shepherd kings shepherd moon shepherde

Literary usage of Shepherd

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

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"MONTGOMERY, J. The defendants Angel and shepherd bought out the livery ... The defendants shepherd and Sheffield seek to avoid their liability for the ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"A restraining order against shepherd, as 13391 prayed for, was issued on the filing of the bill. Bradley answered the bill, and took the ground that in the ..."

3. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Huse Eastman (1915)
"shepherd and the child of fortune. Wardrop. Georgian folk tales. shepherd and the dragon. Cask. Folk tales from many lands. shepherd and the lion (poem). ..."

4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Great Pan is dead I Той вее hie régime would no longer suit us, Are you a votary of hie P Shrewd shepherd. Sweet maiden, And he 's succeeded, so they say, ..."

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