neatherd
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of neatherd
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at neat 2, herd 2
Example Sentences
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And Eumaeus took them with tears, and laid them down; and otherwhere the neatherd wept, when he beheld the bow of his lord.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang
To Persuasion and the Paphian, Hermophiles the neatherd, bridegroom of flower-chapleted Eurynome, dedicates a cream-cheese and combs from his hives; but accept for her the cheese, for me the honey.
From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by J. W. (John William) Mackail
Go thou with the neatherd," he said to Eumæus, "and seize that villain before he has time to return.
From Stories from the Odyssey by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell
It was not enclosed, but a neatherd was there with his cattle half a mile away, sitting himself at the foot of a beech, while the cattle grazed below him.
From After London Or, Wild England by Richard Jefferies
And Telemachus, and the neatherd, and the swineherd, scraped with spades the floor of the well-builded house, and, behold, the maidens carried all forth and laid it without the doors.
From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Andrew Lang
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