goatherd

[ goht-hurd ]

noun

1. a person who tends goats.

goatherd

/ ˈɡəʊtˌhɜːd /

noun

1. a person employed to tend or herd goats

Word History and Origins

Origin of goatherd¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gāthyrde. See goat, herd ²

Example Sentences

I wished I could return to my village, where I had chores of my own and knew how to earn a bowl from the goatherd’s stew pot.

From Literature

An old goatherd imparts sage advice, telling Damien that “time shifts for the grieving. Our bodies change; things don’t quite appear the same anymore.”

From Seattle Times

“Or maybe a goatherd,” I said, shaking the others awake.

From Literature

Whatever he was, whether a demon in disguise or just a simple goatherd, it didn’t matter.

From Literature

The beast shook as he transformed himself back and forth between his goatherd self and the grotesque form of the fiendish chupacabras.

From Literature

Related Words

• herder
• rancher