Shepherd
['ʃepəd] or ['ʃɛpɚd]
Definition
(noun.) a clergyman who watches over a group of people.
(verb.) tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats.
(verb.) watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils.
Editor: Rae--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
(n.) The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
(v. t.) To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
Checked by Dale
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Herdsman (of sheep).[2]. Swain, rural lover.[3]. Pastor, minister, clergyman.
Editor: Maureen
Definition
n. one who herds sheep: a swain: a pastor:—fem. Shep′herdess.—v.t. to tend as a shepherd: to watch over protect the interests of or one's own interests in.—ns. Shep′herdism pastoral life; Shep′herdling a little shepherd; Shep′herd's-crook a long staff its upper end curved into a hook; Shep′herd's-dog a dog specially trained to help in tending sheep the collie or Scotch sheep-dog &c.; Shep′herd's-flute a flageolet or the like; Shep′herd's-nee′dle an annual plant called also Venus's comb; Shep′herd's-plaid -tar′tan a woollen cloth made with black and white checks: this form of pattern itself; Shep′herd's-pouch -purse an annual cruciferous plant with compressed somewhat heart-shaped seed-vessel; Shep′herd's-rod -staff a small kind of teasel.—Shepherd kings (see Hyksos).—The Good Shepherd a title of Jesus Christ (John x. 11); The Shepherds a sect of fanatical shepherds in France about 1251 A.D. eager to deliver the imprisoned Louis IX.
Editor: Olivia
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see shepherds in your dreams watching their flocks, portends bounteous crops and pleasant relations for the farmer, also much enjoyment and profit for others. To see them in idleness, foretells sickness and bereavement.
Checker: Millicent
Unserious Contents or Definition
One who depends on a crook for a living.
Typist: Rosanna
Examples
- In the service I mentally insert Miss Shepherd's name--I put her in among the Royal Family. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When the choristers chaunt, I hear Miss Shepherd. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I was an untaught shepherd-boy, when Adrian deigned to confer on me his friendship. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I wish you could ha' heard how the women screamed, Sammy, ven they picked up the shepherd from underneath the table--Hollo! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I touch Miss Shepherd's glove, and feel a thrill go up the right arm of my jacket, and come out at my hair. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I mean a MORAL shepherd's dog, said Becky, laughing and looking up at Lord Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How are you, shepherd? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The shepherds that tended them were the very pictures of Joseph and his brethren I have no doubt in the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They live by the crook and the bow; half shepherds, half hunters, their flocks wander wild as their prey. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A nation of hunters can never be formidable to the civilized nations in their neighbourhood; a nation of shepherds may. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- An army of shepherds, on the contrary, may sometimes amount to two or three hundred thousand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The most barbarous nations either of Africa or of the East Indies, were shepherds; even the Hottentots were so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- For Mongols and Turcomans riding is not a luxury; even the Mongol shepherds tend their flocks on horseback. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But as husbandmen have less leisure than shepherds, they are not so frequently employed in those pastimes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I was in the service of a farmer; and with crook in hand, my dog at my side, I shepherded a numerous flock on the near uplands. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Pedro