swineherd

[ swahyn-hurd ]

noun

1. a person who tends swine.

swineherd

/ ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd /

noun

1. archaic.
   a person who looks after pigs

Other Words From

• swineherdship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of swineherd¹

before 1100; Middle English; late Old English swȳnhyrde. See swine, herd ²

Example Sentences

The swineherd there says that the needy and the stranger are from Zeus and he who fails to help them sins against Zeus himself.

From Literature

She played a princess who has to give a swineherd 100 kisses in return for a bar of soap.

From The Guardian

In contrast to everything that I just said about Native Australians, most New Guineans, such as Yali’s people, were farmers and swineherds.

From Literature

She glanced up long enough to smile at the swineherd, then dropped her eyes again, making such a picture of awkward bashfulness that I was almost fooled myself.

From Literature

They would have rolled him in the dust and torn him there by his own steading if the swineherd had not sprung up and flung his leather down, making a beeline for the open.

From Literature