Meaning

1 senses
  1. One who herds cattle; a cowboy.

    Kuhhirte, Kuhhirt, Kuhhirtin

    пасту́хpastúx, ско́тникskótnik

    a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Without a cowherd, the cows wandered in a field where wheat was growing.

    ruБез пастуха коровы забрели на поле, где росла пшеница. — nina99nv

Translations

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a person who herds cattle:
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a person who herds cattle:

Origin

From Middle English couherde, from Old English cūhierde, equivalent to cow + herd (“herder

From Middle English couherde, from Old English cūhierde, equivalent to cow + herd (“herder”). Doublet of Coward (the surname). Cognate with German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”). Compare shepherd, goatherd, swineherd, etc.

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