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Vinony

shepherd

noun

  1. person who tends, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep
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verb

  1. herd sheep
  2. assist in the completion of a process
  3. watch over
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛpəd/ / /ˈʃɛpəɹd/

name

Etymology: From shepherd.

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A male given name.
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noun

Etymology: From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).

  1. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

    “It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.”

  2. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
  3. Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.

    “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

  4. Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
  5. The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
  6. The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
  7. A swain; a rustic male lover.
  8. A German Shepherd.

    “The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights. A nervous shepherd mix barked at me as a woman tried to calm it. When my eyes adjusted, I saw people in corners.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).

  1. To watch over; to guide.

    “For me has Pain, the sentinel, / Been vigilant / To pace my plot and dwell / Within my tent; / Oft in the night with small alarms / Has stirred me out of rest, / Alert, oppressed, / Till shepherded within thine arms / And on thy breast, / O loving Lady, in the curse of Pain / I have been blest— / […]”

    “Each entry in this volume was assigned to a different preeminent scholar who was responsible for shepherding that specific entry, and that specific entry alone, into being.”

  2. To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.