Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for swanherd. Search instead for swanned.

swanherd

American  
[swon-hurd] / ˈswɒnˌhɜrd /

noun

  1. a person who tends swans. swan.

swanherd British  
/ ˈswɒnˌhɜːd /

noun

  1. a person who herds swans

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of swanherd

First recorded in 1475–85; swan 1 + herd 2

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.