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goatherds

goatherds is the plural of goatherd.

Meaning of goatherd

Noun

goatherd (plural goatherds)

  1. A person who herds, tends goats.
    • 'Oh, yes. A man was brought to us about a year ago. There'd been a big storm along the southern sector of the Taklamakan. It went on for four or five days. This man was a goatherd from Tongguzbasti. He'd gone out into the desert in search of tamarisk, along with a camel for the load. At midday he...2000, Daniel Easterman, Incarnation (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 411

Questions about goatherds

What is goatherds the plural of?
Goatherds is the plural of goatherd.

Words near goatherds in the dictionary

  1. goatherd
  2. goatherder
  3. goatherders
  4. goatherdess
  5. goatherdesses
  6. goatherds
  7. Goathland
  8. goathood
  9. goathouse
  10. goathouses
  11. goatie

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