Crossword clues for shepherd
shepherd
- Farm worker
- Agricultural worker
- Flock tender
- If it's German, it may be a dog
- One leading the flock
- German __
- Watchman of a sort
- One often seen with a crook?
- One often seen with a crook
- Jean of radio and TV
- German ___ (dog breed)
- Flock protector
- Dog, German ...
- Baa keeper
- Traditional food dishes here, 2p off
- Guide and protector
- Abel, for one
- Jesus, to Christians
- A herder of sheep (on an open range)
- Someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
- A clergyman who watches over a group of people
- Abel was one
- Flock guardian
- He's often seen with a crook
- Carrier of a crook
- Guide, direct
- Clergyman's soft with that lady in Slough
- Female with doctorate to cuddle Queen's Guide
- The woman had to keep quiet, accompanying her pastor
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shepherd \Shep"herd\, n. [OE. schepherde, schephirde, AS. sce['a]phyrde; sce['a]p sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian. See Sheep, and Herd.]
A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
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The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
Shepherd bird (Zo["o]l.), the crested screamer. See Screamer.
Shepherd dog (Zo["o]l.), 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.
--Keats.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 (Bot.), the common mullein. See Mullein.
Shepherd's crook, a long staff having the end curved so as to form a large hook, -- used by shepherds.
Shepherd's needle (Bot.), the lady's comb.
Shepherd's plaid, a kind of woolen cloth of a checkered black and white pattern.
Shephered spider (Zo["o]l.), a daddy longlegs, or harvestman.
Shepherd's pouch, or Shepherd's purse (Bot.), an annual cruciferous plant ( Capsella Bursapastoris) bearing small white flowers and pouchlike pods. See Illust. of Silicle.
Shepherd's rod, or Shepherd's staff (Bot.), the small teasel.
Shepherd \Shep"herd\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shepherded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shepherding.] To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd. [Poetic]
White, fleecy clouds . . .
Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind.
--Shelley.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English sceaphierde, from sceap "sheep" (see sheep) + hierde "herder," from heord "a herd" (see herd (n.)). Similar formation in Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schaphirde, Middle High German schafhirte, German dialectal Schafhirt. Shepherds customarily were buried with a tuft of wool in hand, to prove on Doomsday their occupation and be excused for often missing Sunday church. Shepherd's pie is recorded from 1877.
1790, "to herd sheep," from shepherd (n.). The metaphoric sense of "watch over or guide" is first recorded 1820. Related: Shepherded; shepherding.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. 2 (lb en figurative) Someone who watch over, look after, or guides somebody. 3 (lb en figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. vb. 1 To watch over; to guide 2 (context Australian rules football English) 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.
WordNet
n. a clergyman who watches over a group of people
a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock [syn: sheepherder, sheepman]
v. watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
Gazetteer
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Total area (2000): 1.066378 sq. miles (2.761905 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67525
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 45.943253 N, 108.344635 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59079
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Housing Units (2000): 853
Land area (2000): 6.114229 sq. miles (15.835781 sq. km)
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Total area (2000): 6.123144 sq. miles (15.858870 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67424
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.491363 N, 94.999595 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 77371
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Total area (2000): 0.968059 sq. miles (2.507260 sq. km)
FIPS code: 72960
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.524609 N, 84.692019 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48883
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Headwords:
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Wikipedia
A shepherd is a person who herds sheep.
Shepherd may also refer to:
Shepherd, Shepard, Sheppard, Shephard and Shepperd are surnames and given names, and alternative spellings and cognates of the English word "Shepherd".
Shepherd (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played in first-class cricket for Caterham Cricket Club and Surrey during the 1760s. He is recorded in the Caterham v. Hambledon match at Guildford Bason in July 1769.
As Shepherd had established his reputation by 1768, he must have been active for some years previously and his career may have begun in the 1750s. He is not mentioned in 1770s reports and very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports before then. There are no other references to Shepherd.
Usage examples of "shepherd".
Major Domo shepherded the gray-robed Archon toward one of the waiting flyers.
She knew, that when he now took up the Baronetage, it was to drive the heavy bills of his tradespeople, and the unwelcome hints of Mr Shepherd, his agent, from his thoughts.
The old shepherd walked with him to the beeches, and Brat stayed there and watched man and dog grow small in the distance.
Soon it was full of shepherds, come in to a supper of brose, cheese, milk and bannocks.
That Maxil is shepherded, disgraced, shamed, humiliated by a bullying byblow, while Fernan is feted and cozened?
A Greek legend relates how a shepherd named Magnes found that his crook was attracted by a strange rock.
Her shoulders were mantled in the coarse cloak of a Vastmark shepherd.
They have hardly passed, when large flocks of sheep and goats make their appearance, attended by shepherds and their families, driven by the approach of winter from the Appenines, and seeking the pastures of the Maremma, a rich, but, in the summer, an unhealthy tract on the coast.
Wat sayeth, lord, and his japes, ye must not misdeem of us that we shepherds of the Downs can do nought but run to ales and feasts, and that we are but pot-valiant: maybe thou thyself mayst live to see things go otherwise: and in that day may we have such as thee for captain.
The poor shepherd heard the planning of his death, although the two cousins had walked in the parvis, and talked to each other as every one speaks at church when praying to God.
I gave them, first, the opening speech of the Orfeo of Politian, where the sad shepherd accounts his plight, his pursuit of the nymph Euridice, her abhorrence of him, and the like.
Francis and Holy Sepulchre chapels, and probably the Presepio, Adoration of the Shepherds, and Circumcision chapels--though it may be doubted whether these last contained the figures that they now do--were in existence before the year 1500.
Clearly, then, the Presepio, Shepherds, and Circumcision chapels were in existence some years before the Magi chapel was begun.
The old terrorists shepherded the boys in first, then Basingstoke handed Oniko in to Heimat, who stroked her head promissorily before setting her down.
In every age, the immense plains of Scythia, or Tartary, have been inhabited by vagrant tribes of hunters and shepherds, whose indolence refuses to cultivate the earth, and whose restless spirit disdains the confinement of a sedentary life.