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 Definitions of Shepherd  [ˈʃɛp ərd]  

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Definition of 'Shepherd' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) shepherd
a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.

2.  shepherd
a person who protects, guides, or watches over other people.

3.  shepherd
a cleric or pastor.

4. (v.t.) shepherd
to tend or guard as a shepherd.

5.  shepherd
to watch over, guide, or lead.

Etymology:  (bef. 1050; ME, OE scēphyrde. See sheep , herd2)

Definition of 'Shepherd' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) shepherd
a clergyman who watches over a group of people

2. (verb) sheepherder, shepherd, sheepman
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

3. (verb) shepherd
watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

4. (verb) shepherd
tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats


Definition of 'Shepherd' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) shepherd
sb who takes care of sheep as their job


Definition of 'Shepherd' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Shepherd
a man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large

2. (noun) Shepherd
the pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others

3. (verb) Shepherd
to tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd


Translation of 'Shepherd' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who looks after sheep
The shepherd and his dog gathered in the sheep.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skaapwagter Arabic flag Arabic: راعي الغَنَم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: овчар
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pastor Czech flag Czech: ovčák German flag German: der/die Schäfer(in)
Danish flag Danish: hyrde Greek flag Greek: βοσκός, βοσκοπούλα Spanish flag Spanish: pastor; pastora
Estonian flag Estonian: lambakarjus Farsi flag Farsi: چوپان Finnish flag Finnish: paimen
French flag French: berger/-ère Hebrew flag Hebrew: רוֹעֶה צֹאן Hindi flag Hindi: गड़ेरिया, मेषवाल, चरवाहा
Croatian flag Croatian: pastir, ovčar Hungarian flag Hungarian: pásztor Indonesian flag Indonesian: penggembala
Icelandic flag Icelandic: smali, fjárhirðir Italian flag Italian: pastore Japanese flag Japanese: 羊飼い
Korean flag Korean: 양치기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: piemuo Latvian flag Latvian: aitu gans
Malay flag Malay: gembala Dutch flag Dutch: herder Norwegian flag Norwegian: sauegjeter, hyrde, gjeter
Polish flag Polish: pasterz Persian flag Persian: چوپان Pashto flag Pashto: شپون،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pastor Romanian flag Romanian: păstor Russian flag Russian: пастух
Slovak flag Slovak: pastier Slovenian flag Slovenian: ovčar Serbian flag Serbian: pastir
Swedish flag Swedish: [fåra]herde Thai flag Thai: คนเลี้ยงแกะ Turkish flag Turkish: çoban
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 牧羊人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пастух, чабан Urdu flag Urdu: چرواہا، گڑریا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người chăn cừu Chinese flag Chinese: 牧羊人

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