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beeherd

beeherd noun: beekeeper.

Noun

beeherd (plural beeherds)

  1. (rare) Beekeeper.
    • There is no sure way of securing swarms but by a constant watching of a beeherd, retained on purpose, from seven or eight in the morning until three or four in the afternoon, till all the prime swarms have issued.1814, John Keys, A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Bees, page 87
    • The beeherds, swineherds and others enumerated in that document are apparently grouped together under the single heading of servi in Domesday Book.1890, William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, page 160

Examples of beeherd in a sentence

  • “With this I shall purchase a pig and become a swineherd, or bees and become a beeherd.”1974, Cricket, volume 2, page 53:
  • The cowherd and beeherds did, certainly, but in Avalon there simply wasn't much reason to exert control over members of the animal kingdom.2016, Aprilynne Pike, Arabesque:

Forms of beeherd

pluralbeeherds
alternative formbeehird

Origin of beeherd

From Middle English beehyrde, equivalent to bee + herd (“herder, keeper”).

Questions about beeherd

What does beeherd mean?
Beeherd means beekeeper.
How do you use beeherd in a sentence?
“With this I shall purchase a pig and become a swineherd, or bees and become a beeherd.”
What part of speech is beeherd?
Beeherd is a noun.
What is the plural of beeherd?
The plural of beeherd is beeherds.

Words near beeherd in the dictionary

  1. beeghas
  2. Beegle
  3. Beegles
  4. beegum
  5. beegums
  6. beeherd
  7. beeherds
  8. beehive
  9. beehive burner
  10. beehive burners
  11. beehive charcoal

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