gooseherd
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gooseherd
First recorded in 1200–50, gooseherd is from Middle English gos herd. See goose, herd 2
Example Sentences
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Leading the coalition is respectable, onion-bald Per Albin Hansson, Premier and leader of the Social Democrats for more than ten years, onetime gooseherd, onetime militant pacifist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Footnote 2: Little Hans of Sweinichen was deprived of his post as gooseherd because he had tried to keep the geese quiet by gagging them with small pieces of wood.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
"Good company, indeed," said the gooseherd, and played a new tune that was not a dance.
From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur
Once upon a time a witch cast a spell upon a king's daughter and held her in servitude as a gooseherd.
From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
In our Franconian village the gooseherd was a little boy, vastly proud of his job.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
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