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shepherd
1[ shep-erd ]
noun
- a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
- a person who protects, guides, or watches over a person or group of people.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a member of the clergy.
- the Shepherd, Jesus Christ.
verb (used with object)
- to tend or guard as a shepherd:
to shepherd the flock.
- to watch over carefully.
Shepherd
2[ shep-erd ]
noun
- a male given name.
Shepherd
1noun
- astronomy a small moon of (e.g.) Saturn orbiting close to the rings and partly responsible for ring stability
shepherd
2/ ˈʃɛə /
noun
- a person employed to tend sheep Female equivalentshepherdess bucolicpastoral
- a person, such as a clergyman, who watches over or guides a group of people
verb
- to guide or watch over in the manner of a shepherd
- Australian rules football to prevent opponents from tackling (a member of one's own team) by blocking their path
Other 51Թ Forms
- h· adjective
- h· adjective
- ܲd·h noun
- ܲ·h· adjective
- ܲ·h·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shepherd1
Example Sentences
The Republican president's second administration has slashed federal programmes - cuts that have been shepherded by Musk, the world's richest man and a close Trump ally.
He said: "I didn't do the job on safeguarding... We're meant to be shepherds of the flock, that's one of the expressions Jesus uses... and I failed on that."
He's one of the founders of the Hype House – a collaborative TikTok group who lived and worked together in the Los Angeles hills and shepherded millions of teenagers though the pandemic.
"What I know is that there were Palestinian shepherds who were harassed by settlers and then a settler mob started to attack houses here."
Now we know what that indoor goat farm is for, and why its shepherds stay angry.
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