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horseherd

horseherd noun: a person who tends to horses.

Noun

horseherd (plural horseherds)

  1. A person who tends to horses.
    • And he went along, and along, and along, and still further along, till he came to the horse-herd of the King of Elfland feeding his horses.1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Childe Rowland”, in English Fairy Tales, page 120

Forms of horseherd

pluralhorseherds

Origin of horseherd

From Middle English horshirde, hors-horde; equivalent to horse + herd.

Questions about horseherd

What does horseherd mean?
Horseherd means a person who tends to horses.
What part of speech is horseherd?
Horseherd is a noun.
What is the plural of horseherd?
The plural of horseherd is horseherds.

Words near horseherd in the dictionary

  1. Horsehead Nebula
  2. horseheaded
  3. horseheads
  4. horseheal
  5. horseherb
  6. horseherd
  7. horseherds
  8. horsehide
  9. horsehides
  10. horsehood
  11. horsehoof

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