neatherd

[ neet-hurd ]

noun

, Obsolete.

1. cowherd.

Word History and Origins

Origin of neatherd¹

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

Example Sentences

And about noontide he came to a certain cottage of a neatherd that stood all alone in a very pleasant dale.

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The poor neatherd, highly pleased to have secured his cow, went off, leaving the calf with the traveller.

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While men were marvelling the neatherd came in, and said he had been awake early in the byre, with a sick calf.

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But the neatherd himself,—to what land has he passed out of sight?

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Yes, wretched beasts that they are, how false a neatherd was theirs!

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