Meaning

2 senses
  1. (dated)A female shepherd.

    Hirtin, Schäferin, Schafhirtin

    пасту́шкаpastúška

    a woman shepherd

  2. A large and deep armchair with a cushion.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Mary is a shepherdess.

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  2. The princess disguised herself as a simple shepherdess.

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  3. Rima is a shepherdess.

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  4. Aurelie is a young shepherdess.

    deAurelie ist eine junge Hirtin.

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  5. "It's got to rain soon, otherwise what little grass there is will soon be eaten away," said the shepherdess.

    de„Es muss bald mal regnen, sonst wird das wenige Gras bald abgefressen sein“, sagte die Schäferin.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
female shepherd:
Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English scheperdesse, shepperdesse; equivalent to shepherd + -ess.

From Middle English scheperdesse, shepperdesse; equivalent to shepherd + -ess.

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Forms

plural: shepherdesses
Singularshepherdess
Pluralshepherdesses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
female shepherd:pastoresspastrix

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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