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pack-shepherd

pack-shepherd noun: a shepherd who owns his or her own flock or pack of sheep.

Noun

pack-shepherd (plural pack-shepherds)

  1. A shepherd who owns his or her own flock or pack of sheep.
    • He's a pack-shepherd – you know what that means – and they say he has a pack of ten-score ewes. ("The Free Fishers", John Buchan, Polygon 2009 p. 117)

Forms of pack-shepherd

pluralpack-shepherds

Questions about pack-shepherd

What does pack-shepherd mean?
Pack-shepherd means a shepherd who owns his or her own flock or pack of sheep.
What part of speech is pack-shepherd?
Pack-shepherd is a noun.
What is the plural of pack-shepherd?
The plural of pack-shepherd is pack-shepherds.

Words near pack-shepherd in the dictionary

  1. pack-ins
  2. pack-rat
  3. pack-rats
  4. pack-saddle
  5. pack-saddles
  6. pack-shepherd
  7. pack-shepherds
  8. pack-train
  9. pack-trains
  10. pack-up
  11. pack-up kit

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