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swanherd|ˈswɒnhɜːd|
Also 6 swannerd, corruptly swanyeard, swannyard.
[f. swan n. + herd n.2]
One who tends swans; an official having charge of swans.
1482Rolls of Parlt. VI. 224/1 Divers Swanherdes, and Kepers of Swannes. 1554in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 220 For ale for the swanyeardys, ijd. Ibid. 226 Wyne that was geven to swannerds. 1564Proclam. Q. Eliz. Conserv. Swans, Euery swanherde intending to keepe any swannes or signettes. 1602–3in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1888) III. 595 Item y⊇ swanherd for vpping swans ijs. a1634Coke Inst. iv. (1648) 280 What authority the Kings Swanheard hath, being of ancient time by his Office Magister deductus Cygnorum, you may reade Rot. Patentium Anno ii H. 4. part. i. m. 14. 1883in Standard 4 Aug. 3/6 The Queen's Swanherd, and the officials of the..Companies, have just concluded their..swan-upping excursion on the Thames. |