sheepmaster

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sheep +‎ master.

Noun[edit]

sheepmaster (plural sheepmasters)

  1. (now rare) Shepherd.
    • 1999, Jakob Grimmelshausen, translated by Mike Mitchell, Simplicissimus, Dedalus, published 2016, page 21:
      Mesha, King of Moab was a sheepmaster [translating Hirt], as one can read in the second book of Kings […].

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