What does shepherdess mean?

Definitions for shepherdess
ˈʃɛp ər dɪsshep·her·dess

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shepherdessnoun

    a woman shepherd

Wiktionary

  1. shepherdessnoun

    A female shepherd.

  2. shepherdessnoun

    A large and deep armchair with a cushion.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shepherdessnoun

    A woman that tends sheep; a rural lass.

    Etymology: from shepherd.

    She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess, and in that disguise lived many years; but discovering herself a little before her death, did profess herself the happiest person alive, not for her condition, but in enjoying him she first loved; and that she would rather, ten thousand times, live a shepherdess in contentment and satisfaction. Philip Sidney.

    These your unusual weeds, to each part of you
    Do give a life: no shepherdess, but Flora
    Peering in April’s front. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    She like some shepherdess did shew,
    Who sat to bathe her by a river’s side. Dryden.

    His dorick dialect has an incomparable sweetness in its clownishness, like a fair shepherdess in her country russet. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. shepherdess

    A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherd derives from Old English sceaphierde (sceap 'sheep' + hierde 'herder'). Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, it exists in all parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry. Because of the ubiquity of the profession, many religions and cultures have symbolic or metaphorical references to the shepherd profession. For example, Jesus called himself the Good Shepherd, and ancient Greek mythologies highlighted shepherds such as Endymion and Daphnis. This symbolism and shepherds as characters are at the center of pastoral literature and art.

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  1. shepherdess

    A shepherdess is a woman who herds, tends, and guards sheep, typically in a rural setting. It can also refer to a female character type in various pieces of literature, usually representing pastoral innocence and simplicity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shepherdessnoun

    a woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shepherdess in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shepherdess in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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