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

In the trial of the bow, none of the wooers can draw it; meanwhile Odysseus has declared himself to the neatherd and the swineherd.

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

But Telemachus, and the neatherd, and the swineherd stayed their feet from dancing, and made the women to cease, and themselves gat them to rest through the shadowy halls.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

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 Mackail, J. W. (John William)

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 Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)