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swineherd

[ swahyn-hurd ]
/ ˈswaɪnˌhɜrd /
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noun
a person who tends swine.
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Origin of swineherd

before 1100; Middle English; late Old English swȳnhyrde.See swine, herd2

OTHER WORDS FROM swineherd

swineherdship, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for swineherd

swineherd
/ (ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd) /

noun
archaic a person who looks after pigs
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