shepherds

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

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