cowherd

[ kou-hurd ]

noun

1. a person whose occupation is tending and herding cows.

cowherd

/ ˈkaʊˌhɜːd /

noun

1. a person employed to tend cattle

Word History and Origins

Origin of cowherd¹

before 1000; Middle English couherde, Old English cūherde; see cow 1 , herd ²

Example Sentences

But Kari got lost himself; so when the cowherd had recovered entirely, I went to look for his cows and my lost elephant.

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A stone image of the Spinning-Maid stood on one shore of the lake, and another of the Cowherd on the opposite shore.

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The cowherd and his wife gave him supper, and let him stay all night, and gave him some breakfast next morning.

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The cowherd's wife was a hard-working woman, and it provoked her to see a great big man dreaming over the fire all the morning.

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Vitra then sent her home, bidding her look on the table when next she entered her cowherd's hut and see what she would find there.

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Related Words

• herder
• rancher