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neatherds

neatherds is the plural of neatherd.

Meaning of neatherd

Noun

neatherd (plural neatherds)

  1. (archaic) A cowherd; one who looks after bulls, cows or oxen.
    • I am terrified at the sight of the neatherd of thousand eyes [i.e., Argus], for he is journeying on, keeping a cunning glance, whom not even after death does earth conceal;1897, Theodore Alois Buckley (translator), Æschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes, David McKay, page 34

Questions about neatherds

What is neatherds the plural of?
Neatherds is the plural of neatherd.

Words near neatherds in the dictionary

  1. neathandedness
  2. neather
  3. neatherd
  4. neatherdess
  5. neatherdesses
  6. neatherds
  7. Neathery
  8. Neatherys
  9. neathmost
  10. neathouse
  11. neathouses

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