51Թ

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swineherd

[ swahyn-hurd ]

noun

  1. a person who tends swine.


swineherd

/ ˈɲɪˌɜː /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a person who looks after pigs
“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

  • ɾԱhȴ󾱱 noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swineherd1

before 1100; Middle English; late Old English ɲ̄Գ. See swine, herd 2
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Example Sentences

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That night he must spend with his swineherd, Eumaeus, a man faithful and trustworthy beyond praise.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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