goatherd
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of goatherd
before 1000; Middle English; Old English gāthyrde. See goat, herd 2
Example Sentences
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“And then,” said Mal, “at every death, the Immortal is born again. They can be born into any family—peasant, politician, prince, goatherd, warrior. They’re the Immortal soul, in a human body.”
From Literature
I wished I could return to my village, where I had chores of my own and knew how to earn a bowl from the goatherd’s stew pot.
From Literature
An old goatherd imparts sage advice, telling Damien that “time shifts for the grieving. Our bodies change; things don’t quite appear the same anymore.”
From Seattle Times
“Or maybe a goatherd,” I said, shaking the others awake.
From Literature
His father, a goatherd, added to his income with railroad construction work.
From Washington Post
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