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shephard

shephard 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: Shephard

Shephard (plural Shephards)

  1. A surname.

Forms of shephard

Noun
pluralshephards
Verb
third-person singular presentshephards
present participleshepharding
past participleshepharded
pastshepharded
Proper noun
pluralShephards

Words formed from shephard

Questions about shephard

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

Words near shephard in the dictionary

  1. shepe
  2. sheperd
  3. Sheperds
  4. Shepetivka
  5. Shephali
  6. shephard
  7. Shephards
  8. Shephatiah
  9. shepheard
  10. shepheardess
  11. shepheardesses

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