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goatherd en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English goteherd, from Old English gāthierde, equivalent to goat + herd (“herder”).

Meanings

1. A person who herds, tends goats.
   • Looking up from the center of Rmaich, a Christian town lodged on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, a sun-wizened Lebanese goatherd points to a cluster of pine trees on a ridge. 2024, Scott Peterson, ‘This is not our war.’ Lebanese Christians caught between Hezbollah and Israel., in: The Christian Science Monitor, June 12 2024
   • 'Oh, yes. A man was brought to us about a year ago. There'd been a big storm along the southern sector of the Taklamakan. It went on for four or five days. This man was a goatherd from Tongguzbasti. He'd gone out into the desert in search of tamarisk, along with a camel for the load. At midday he had some bread and water and lay down for a sleep. When he woke there was a storm the like of which he'd never seen before. There was nothing for it but to hunker down and make the best of it; but at some point - whether it was day or night he couldn't say - he found himself on his feet, shouting and screaming at the noise, and walking for what must have been miles.' 2000, Daniel Easterman, Incarnation (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 411:

Forms

Deriveds

goatherdess

Relateds

horseherd · Herdsman · hogherd · herdswoman · herdsman · swanherd · bearherd · cowherd · oxherd · herd · herding dog · swineherd · herder · neatherd · gooseherd · herd instinct · shepherd

Synonyms

goatherder · goatkeeper

Translations (62)

grc αἰπόλος (person who herds, tends goats) · pl pastuszka kóz (person who herds, tends goats) · sv getherde (person who herds, tends goats) · sc crabalzu (person who herds, tends goats) · kix ûotsîm (act of taking care or tends goats) · it capraio (person who herds, tends goats) · vec caorèro (person who herds, tends goats) · pt cabreira (person who herds, tends goats) · pl pasterz kóz (person who herds, tends goats) · sc craparzu (person who herds, tends goats) · ro căprar (person who herds, tends goats) · es cabrera (person who herds, tends goats) · oc cabrièr (person who herds, tends goats) · fa بزبان (person who herds, tends goats) · sh kozar (person who herds, tends goats) · sc cabràrgiu (person who herds, tends goats) · ca cabrera (person who herds, tends goats) · pl pastuch kóz (person who herds, tends goats) · eu ahuntzain (person who herds, tends goats) · mk козар (person who herds, tends goats) · ca cabrer (person who herds, tends goats) · grc χιμαιροφύλαξ (person who herds, tends goats) · rup cãpraru (person who herds, tends goats) · be казапас (person who herds, tends goats) · eo kapristo (person who herds, tends goats) · pt cabreiro (person who herds, tends goats) · ka მეთხე (person who herds, tends goats) · de Ziegenhirtin (person who herds, tends goats) · rup cãprarã (person who herds, tends goats) · kix ûotsîm (person who herds, tends goats) · fur cjavrâr (person who herds, tends goats) · es cabrero (person who herds, tends goats) · sc crapàlgiu (person who herds, tends goats) · it capraia (person who herds, tends goats) · scn craparu (person who herds, tends goats) · hi गड़ेरिया (person who herds, tends goats) · el αιπόλος (person who herds, tends goats) · scn capraru (person who herds, tends goats) · de Ziegenhirt (person who herds, tends goats) · sc cabraxu (person who herds, tends goats) · la caprārius (person who herds, tends goats) · la caprāria (person who herds, tends goats) · tr çoban (person who herds, tends goats) · sc crabarzu (person who herds, tends goats) · fur čhavrâr (person who herds, tends goats) · fi vuohipaimen (person who herds, tends goats) · pl koziarka (person who herds, tends goats) · pl pasterka kóz (person who herds, tends goats) · pl koziarz (person who herds, tends goats) · kix ûotsīmhāi (person who herds, tends goats) · ru козопа́с (person who herds, tends goats) · fr chevrière (person who herds, tends goats) · sc crapaju (person who herds, tends goats) · fr chevrier (person who herds, tends goats) · ckb بزنەوان (person who herds, tends goats) · hi गड़रिया (person who herds, tends goats) · sc crabàgiu (person who herds, tends goats) · el γιδοβοσκός (person who herds, tends goats) · de Ziegenhirte (person who herds, tends goats) · eo kapristino (person who herds, tends goats) · rup cãprar (person who herds, tends goats) · ro păstor (person who herds, tends goats)