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Definition of Shepherdesses
1. shepherdess [n] - See also: shepherdess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shepherdesses
Literary usage of Shepherdesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work by Virginia Penny (1863)
"shepherdesses. Boys who keep sheep in Scotland, knit while so employed. Girls and
women who tend sheep, might perhaps do the same. Sheep are being raised to ..."
2. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"shepherdesses. Boys who keep sheep in Scotland, knit while so employed. Girls and
women who tend sheep, might perhaps do the same. Sheep are being raised to ..."