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herdess|ˈhɜːdɪs|
[f. herd n.2 + -ess.]
A female herd; a shepherdess.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 653 An hierdesse, Whech that clepyde was senome Wrot in a compleynt of hire heuynesse. 1580Sidney Arcadia lxix. 111 Poems 1873 II. 152 She is the heardesse faire that shines in darke. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iii, The louely Heardesse of the Dell. |