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shepherd

Dictionary definition · shepherd

noun

  1. a clergyman who watches over a group of people
  2. a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

verb

  1. watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of their pupils
  2. tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).