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sheepmaster

sheepmaster noun: shepherd.

Noun

sheepmaster (plural sheepmasters)

  1. (archaic) Shepherd.
    • Mesha, King of Moab was a sheepmaster [translating Hirt], as one can read in the second book of Kings […].1999, Jakob Grimmelshausen, translated by Mike Mitchell, Simplicissimus, Dedalus, published 2016, page 21

Forms of sheepmaster

pluralsheepmasters

Origin of sheepmaster

From sheep + master.

Questions about sheepmaster

What does sheepmaster mean?
Sheepmaster means shepherd.
What part of speech is sheepmaster?
Sheepmaster is a noun.
What is the plural of sheepmaster?
The plural of sheepmaster is sheepmasters.

Words near sheepmaster in the dictionary

  1. sheeplets
  2. sheeplike
  3. sheepling
  4. sheeplings
  5. sheepman
  6. sheepmaster
  7. sheepmasters
  8. sheepmeat
  9. sheepmeats
  10. sheepmen
  11. sheepness

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