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shepherd

1

[ shep-erd ]

noun

  1. a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
  2. a person who protects, guides, or watches over a person or group of people.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. a member of the clergy.
  4. the Shepherd, Jesus Christ.


verb (used with object)

  1. to tend or guard as a shepherd:

    to shepherd the flock.

  2. to watch over carefully.

Shepherd

2

[ shep-erd ]

noun

  1. a male given name.

Shepherd

1

noun

  1. astronomy a small moon of (e.g.) Saturn orbiting close to the rings and partly responsible for ring stability
“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

shepherd

2

/ ˈʃɛə /

noun

  1. a person employed to tend sheep Female equivalentshepherdess bucolicpastoral
  2. a person, such as a clergyman, who watches over or guides a group of people
“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

verb

  1. to guide or watch over in the manner of a shepherd
  2. Australian rules football to prevent opponents from tackling (a member of one's own team) by blocking their path
“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
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • h· adjective
  • h· adjective
  • ܲd·h noun
  • ܲ·h· adjective
  • ܲ·h·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shepherd1

before 1050; Middle English shepherde, Old English ŧ. See sheep, herd 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shepherd1

from Old English sceaphirde. See sheep , herd ²
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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.

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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."

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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.

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"What I know is that there were Palestinian shepherds who were harassed by settlers and then a settler mob started to attack houses here."

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Now we know what that indoor goat farm is for, and why its shepherds stay angry.

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