swineherd

[ swahyn-hurd ]

/ ˈswaɪnˌhɜrd /

noun

a person who tends swine.

Origin of swineherd

before 1100; Middle English; late Old English swȳnhyrde.See swine, herd²

OTHER WORDS FROM swineherd

swineherdship, noun

Words nearby swineherd

swindle sheet, Swindon, swine, swine fever, swine flu, swineherd, swine influenza, swine plague, swinepox, swine's cress, swine vesicular disease

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Example sentences from the Web for swineherd

But the swineherd will not believe; "the Gods all hate my master" is still his view.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
I saw him first at the Lower Ford, with a swineherd's brat on his saddle-bow.
Puck of Pook's Hill|Rudyard Kipling
The swineherd was at that moment cutting out a pair of sandals 127 from a good stout ox hide.
The Odyssey|Homer
Lastly, surrounding the whole on the land side were the woods where the swineherd found mast for the 200 pigs of the place.
The English Village Community|Frederic Seebohm

At sundown the swineherd left the palace to return to his hut.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca|Homer

British Dictionary definitions for swineherd

swineherd

/ (ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd) /

noun

archaic a person who looks after pigs

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单词	swineherd
释义	swineherd [ swahyn-hurd ] / ˈswaɪnˌhɜrd / noun a person who tends swine. Origin of swineherd before 1100; Middle English; late Old English swȳnhyrde.See swine, herd² OTHER WORDS FROM swineherd swineherdship, noun Words nearby swineherd swindle sheet, Swindon, swine, swine fever, swine flu, swineherd, swine influenza, swine plague, swinepox, swine's cress, swine vesicular disease Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for swineherd But the swineherd will not believe; "the Gods all hate my master" is still his view. Homer's Odyssey\|Denton J. Snider I saw him first at the Lower Ford, with a swineherd's brat on his saddle-bow. Puck of Pook's Hill\|Rudyard Kipling The swineherd was at that moment cutting out a pair of sandals 127 from a good stout ox hide. The Odyssey\|Homer Lastly, surrounding the whole on the land side were the woods where the swineherd found mast for the 200 pigs of the place. The English Village Community\|Frederic Seebohm At sundown the swineherd left the palace to return to his hut. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca\|Homer British Dictionary definitions for swineherd swineherd / (ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd) / noun archaic a person who looks after pigs Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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