neatherd

American  

[neet-hurd] / ˈnitˌhɜrd /

noun

Obsolete.

1. cowherd.

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Etymology

Origin of neatherd

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at neat ², herd ²

Example Sentences

But those other twain went forth both together from the house, the neatherd and the swineherd of godlike Odysseus; and Odysseus passed out after them.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

And she had none to send in quest but Cuddie, the neatherd.'

From The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

It was during this trouble that Alfred stayed in the hut of a neatherd or swineherd of his, who knew who he was, though his wife did not know him.

From Heroes Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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 Lang, Andrew

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 Lang, Andrew