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neatherd|ˈniːthɜːd|
Also 4–5 neet-, 4, 6 net-, 6 nete-.
[f. neat n. + herd n.2]
One who has the care of neat cattle, a cowherd.
1382Wyclif Amos vii. 14 Y am not a prophete,..but a neet heerde Y am. 1390Gower Conf. II. 161 The loresman of the Schepherdes, And ek of hem that ben netherdes. c1440Promp. Parv. 354/2 Neet Hyrde, bubulcus. a1540Barnes Wks. (1573) 190/1 Hee..went to the kinges Nete⁓herdes house, and there desired lodginge. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1045/1 The sheepe will obeie the shepheard, and the neat be ruled by the neatheard. 1603R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. 233 Vpon the mountains dwell neat-herds and sheapheards. 1668H. More Div. Dial. iii. xxix. (1713) 253 More like to the blowing of a Neatherd's or Swineherd's Horn than to the sound of a Trumpet. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Scabbed heels, If the Disease returns,..apply the Neatherds Ointment. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. I. ii. 44 A neatherd, who had been entrusted with the care of some of his cows. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxxv, A bull..compelled by the neat-herd from the road which he wishes to go. 1878Addy Mem. Beauchief Abbey 53 note, These may have been..huts for the neatherds.
fig.1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 842 The Pope, who is his Neatheard heere vpon earth.
Hence ˈneatherdess, a female neatherd.
1648Herrick Hesper., Neatherds, Hark how can I now expresse My love unto my Neatherdesse. 1885A. Dobson Sign of Lyre 203 Whither away, fair Neat-herdess? |