pasturern.
/ˈpɑːstʃərə/, /ˈpastʃərə/, U.S. /ˈpæstʃərər/, /ˈpæʃtʃərər/ A person who pastures animals, esp. cattle or sheep. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > pasturing > pasturer
pasturer?c1450
grazier?1523
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > action or occupation of pasturing > person
pasturer?c1450
grazier?1523
?c1450 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Pierpont Morgan) (1960) A. xi. 310 (MED) Pastorrerys [v.r. pasturers; c1400 Trin. Cambr. pore peple, as plouȝmen and pastours of bestis..Percen wiþ a paternoster þe paleis of heuene].
1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 350 The people..are all men of warre, and pasturers of cattell.
1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled App. 38 Will any man say, that this one, or all Pharisees, were labourers or Pasturers?
1852 Westm. Rev. Apr. 423 When not under the domestic care of man the agriculturist, and even when in his keeping, so long as he is a mere pasturer,..their whole existence is made up of feeding, sleep, and propagation.
1897 L. Johnson Ireland 103 Strong Shepherd of thy sheep, pasturers of the sea.
1904 C. Edwards Hammurabi Code 69 If a man hire a pasturer for cattle and sheep.
1984 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 64 665 The division of the work between breeders and winter pasturers substituted to a large extent for artificial pastures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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