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sheperd

sheperd is the misspelling of shepherd.

Meaning of shepherd

Noun

shepherd (plural shepherds)

  1. (countable) A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
    • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01
    Synonyms:
    pastor
    1. (countable) A male sheep tender
  2. (countable, figuratively) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
    • The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.1769, Oxford Standard text, Bible (King James), Psalms 23:1
    1. (countable, figuratively) A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
  3. (countable, figuratively) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
    1. (countable, figuratively) A male pastor

See all 16 meanings of shepherd

Proper noun capitalized: Sheperd

Sheperd (plural Sheperds)

  1. A surname.

Forms of sheperd

Noun
pluralsheperds
Verb
third-person singular presentsheperds
present participlesheperding
past participlesheperded
pastsheperded
Proper noun
pluralSheperds

Words formed from sheperd

Questions about sheperd

What does sheperd mean?
Sheperd means a surname.
What is sheperd the misspelling of?
Sheperd is the misspelling of shepherd.
What part of speech is sheperd?
Sheperd is a proper noun.

Words near sheperd in the dictionary

  1. Shepard tones
  2. Shepardian
  3. Shepardson
  4. Shepardsons
  5. shepe
  6. sheperd
  7. Sheperds
  8. Shepetivka
  9. Shephali
  10. shephard
  11. Shephards

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