cowherd
a person whose occupation is tending and herding cows.
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How to use cowherd in a sentence
But Kari got lost himself; so when the cowherd had recovered entirely, I went to look for his cows and my lost elephant.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal MukerjiA stone image of the Spinning-Maid stood on one shore of the lake, and another of the cowherd on the opposite shore.
Chinese Poems | VariousThe cowherd and his wife gave him supper, and let him stay all night, and gave him some breakfast next morning.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanThe cowherd's wife was a hard-working woman, and it provoked her to see a great big man dreaming over the fire all the morning.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanVitra then sent her home, bidding her look on the table when next she entered her cowherd's hut and see what she would find there.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
British Dictionary definitions for cowherd
/ (ˈkaʊˌhɜːd) /
a person employed to tend cattle
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