Definitions for Shepherd
ˈʃɛp ərdshep·herd

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.8 / 4 votes

1. shepherdnoun

   a clergyman who watches over a group of people

2. sheepherder, shepherd, sheepmanverb

   a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

3. shepherdverb

   watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

4. shepherdverb

   tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. shepherdnoun

   A person who tends sheep.

2. shepherdnoun

   Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.

   The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; -- The Bible, Psalms 23:1

3. shepherdverb

   To watch over; to guide

4. shepherdverb

   For a player to obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.

5. Etymology: From sceaphierde, a compound of sceap and hierde.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHEPHERDnoun

   Etymology: sceap , sheep, and hyrd , a keeper, Saxon, sceapahyrd.

   1. One who tends sheep in the pasture.

   I am shepherd to another man,
   And do not sheer the fleeces that I graze. William Shakespeare.

   A shepherd next
   More meek came with the firstlings of his flock. John Milton.

   2. A swain; a rural lover.

   If that the world and love were young,
   And truth in ev’ry shepherd ’s tongue,
   These pretty pleasures might me move
   To live with thee, and be thy love. Walter Raleigh.

   3. One who tends the congregation; a pastor.

   Lead up all those who heard thee, and believ’d;
   ’Midst thy own flock, great shepherd, be receiv’d,
   And glad all heav’n with millions thou hast sav’d. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shepherd

   A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherd derives from Old English sceaphierde (sceap 'sheep' + hierde 'herder'). Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, it exists in all parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry. Because of the ubiquity of the profession, many religions and cultures have symbolic or metaphorical references to the shepherd profession. For example, Jesus called himself the Good Shepherd, and ancient Greek mythologies highlighted shepherds such as Endymion and Daphnis. This symbolism and shepherds as characters are at the center of pastoral literature and art.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shepherd

   A shepherd is a person who takes care of, guards, and guides a group of sheep or sometimes other livestock over pastures. The role also extends to protecting these animals from predators, feeding them and tending to their health and needs. The term can also be used metaphorically to refer to anyone who leads or guides a group of individuals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shepherdnoun

   a man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large

2. Shepherdnoun

   the pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others

3. Shepherdverb

   to tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd

4. Etymology: [OE. schepherde, schephirde, AS. scephyrde; scep sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian. See Sheep, and Herd.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shepherd

   A shepherd, or sheepherder, is a person who tends, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. The word stems from an amalgam of sheep herder.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Shepherd

   shep′ėrd, n. one who herds sheep: a swain: a pastor:—fem. Shep′herdess.—v.t. to tend as a shepherd: to watch over, protect the interests of, or one's own interests in.—ns. Shep′herdism, pastoral life; Shep′herdling, a little shepherd; Shep′herd's-crook, a long staff, its upper end curved into a hook; Shep′herd's-dog, a dog specially trained to help in tending sheep, the collie or Scotch sheep-dog, &c.; Shep′herd's-flute, a flageolet or the like; Shep′herd's-nee′dle, an annual plant, called also Venus's comb; Shep′herd's-plaid, -tar′tan, a woollen cloth made with black and white checks: this form of pattern itself; Shep′herd's-pouch, -purse, an annual cruciferous plant, with compressed, somewhat heart-shaped seed-vessel; Shep′herd's-rod, -staff, a small kind of teasel.—Shepherd kings (see Hyksos).—The Good Shepherd, a title of Jesus Christ (John, x. 11); The Shepherds, a sect of fanatical shepherds in France about 1251 A.D., eager to deliver the imprisoned Louis IX. [A.S. sceáp-hyrde. Sheep and herd.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. SHEPHERD

   One who depends on a crook for a living.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHEPHERD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shepherd is ranked #557 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shepherd surname appeared 60,479 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 21 would have the surname Shepherd.
   
   78.6% or 47,561 total occurrences were White.
   15.9% or 9,640 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 1,234 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 1,179 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 538 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 327 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Clergyman
   • Guard
   • Tend

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How to pronounce Shepherd?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Shepherd in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shepherd in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shepherd in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Shepherd in a Sentence

1. Scott Mann:

   We needed to be his eyes and ears, we needed to be his shepherd, he was the one taking all the risks, but we were the ones that can be his eyes and ears and see around corners, and that's really what happened.

2. Julie Linton:

   What we know about the social determinants of health that can impact through someone's lifespan is that children are best able to achieve their dreams and survive trauma when they have access to safety and support and have a loving adult in their life that can shepherd them through childhood, these families are undergoing this treacherous journey feeling that they have no choice but to seek safety for their families elsewhere.

3. Tim Sabol:

   A lot of times, the company wants you there to shepherd your old employees into the new system.

4. Salleigh Grubbs:

   Jason Shepherd know, Both Kemp and Raffensperger can't stay in 2020. Both Kemp and Raffensperger do have to move forward, but Both Kemp and Raffensperger take what Both Kemp and Raffensperger learned in 2020, and Both Kemp and Raffensperger take that with Both Kemp and Raffensperger to prepare.

5. Karl Marx:

   In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Shepherd
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shepherd
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Shepherd
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shepherd
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Shepherd
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Shepherd
9. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Shepherd
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Shepherd