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单词 shepherdess
释义

shepherdess

noun

shep·​herd·​ess ˈshe-pər-dəs How to pronounce shepherdess (audio)
: a woman or girl who tends sheep
also : a rural girl or woman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Set in Peru’s Andes, Margarita, a shepherdess, comes upon a dying Chilean soldier who has escaped from a battle. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 The third title follows Lucija, a mountain shepherdess who waits for her boyfriend to help her bring her cows down to the valley. Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 23 May 2022 Westwood said her collection was inspired by Boucher’s Daphnis and Chloe, a painting based upon the ancient Greek tale of a shepherd and shepherdess who fall in love without knowing what love is. Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2021 The painting depicts a young shepherdess kneeling in prayer side-by-side with an angel before the Lady Madonna. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021 Although their popular name is amaryllis, the name of a mythological Greek shepherdess, botanists call the flowering bulb Hippeastrum. Karen Dardick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019 Bustles and hoops and towering Marie Antoinette hair played a part; shepherdesses in loops and whorls of shell pink and baby blue, each swirling and twirling and waving what looked like a wand with a miniature straw hat on the top. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2019 At the Eco-Goats work site in Delaware, the herd stays in the trailer, while Knox, chief shepherdess Jennifer Vaccaro and Vaccaro’s nephew Mason mark out the border inside which the goats will graze for the next four days. Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019 Her earlier work – colorful, highly glazed, and smaller in scale – hearken to Meissen figurines of porcelain shepherdesses and gentlemen. Diane M. Bacha, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

shepherdess

noun

shep·​herd·​ess ˈshe-pər-dəs How to pronounce shepherdess (audio)
: a woman who takes care of and guards a flock of sheep

shepherdess

noun

as in shepherd

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shepherd
  • sheepherder
  • cowherd
  • goatherd
  • cowboy
  • cowman
  • cowhand
  • herdsman
  • cowpuncher
  • herder
  • cowgirl
  • cowpoke
  • gaucho
  • swineherd
  • buckaroo
  • vaquero
  • buckeroo
  • ranchero
  • drover
  • wrangler
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