horseherd en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English horshirde, hors-horde; equivalent to horse + herd.
Meanings
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A person who tends to horses.
And he went along, and along, and along, and still further along, till he came to the horse-herd of the King of Elfland feeding his horses.
1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Childe Rowland”, in English Fairy Tales, page 120:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| horseherds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
goatherd · hogherd · herdswoman · herdsman · Herdsman · swanherd · bearherd · cowherd · oxherd · herd · herding dog · swineherd · herder · neatherd · gooseherd · herd instinct · shepherd
Translations (10)
pl pasterka koni (person who tends horses) · de Rosshirt (person who tends horses) · de Rosshirtin (person who tends horses) · de Pferdehirtin (person who tends horses) · de Rosshirte (person who tends horses) · pl pasterz koni (person who tends horses) · de Pferdehirt (person who tends horses) · de Pferdehirte (person who tends horses) · fi hevospaimen (person who tends horses) · eu zaldizain (person who tends horses)