swineherd
/ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd/
swineherd noun: a person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
Noun
swineherd (plural swineherds)
- A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
- But what of that vast number of the human kind who were always in the background? What of the hewers of wood and drawers of water, the swineherds, the shepherds, the carpenters, the hedgers and cobblers?1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 13
- Engels made no secret of his contempt for the Balkan peoples: the Bulgarians were a race of swineherds who would do best to keep quiet under Turkish rule pending the European revolution.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
Forms of swineherd
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Origin of swineherd
From Middle English swynherde, from Old English swīnhierde. Cognate with German Schweinehirt.
Words formed from swineherd
Questions about swineherd
- What does swineherd mean?
- Swineherd means a person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
- What part of speech is swineherd?
- Swineherd is a noun.
- How do you pronounce swineherd?
- Swineherd is pronounced /ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of swineherd?
- The plural of swineherd is swineherds.
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