Shepherdess

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shepherdess \Shep"herd*ess\, n.
     A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.
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           She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. --Sir
                                                    P. Sidney.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shepherdess
       n : a woman shepherd