What is another word for goatherd?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈə͡ʊðɜːd] (IPA)

Goatherd, a term used for a person who rears goats, has a variety of synonyms in the English language. Some common alternatives for goatherd include goat-keeper, shepherd, herdsman, flock-tender, and livestock keeper. Although these words are not an exact synonym of goatherd, they are often used interchangeably to refer to someone who raises and tends to a group of goats. Other, less common synonyms for goatherd include chevrier, cabraherd, and capridae. These terms are borrowed from French, Portuguese, and Latin respectively and are usually only used in specific regions or contexts. All in all, there are many options to choose from when referring to someone who works with goats.

What are the hypernyms for Goatherd?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Goatherd

But this ancient goatherd added a piece of advice at the end of his rhyme.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
Then the young man went on, and he came to the swineherd, and to the goatherd; and each of them in turn repeated the same words to him.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
Scatter the fire and extinguish the brands; unless they have found some goatherd who has marked us coming and going, they may not find this place.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty

Famous quotes with Goatherd

  • He never spoke with any bitterness at all, no matter how awful the things he said. Are there really people without resentment, without hate, she wondered. People who never go cross-grained to the universe? Who recognize evil, and resist evil, and yet are utterly unaffected by it? Of course there are. Countless, the living and the dead. Those who have returned in pure compassion to the wheel, those who follow the way that cannot be followed without knowing they follow it, the sharecroppers’s wife in Alabama and the lama in Tibet and the entomologist in Peru and the millworker in Odessa and the greengrocer in London and the goatherd in Nigeria and the old, old man sharpening a stick by a dry streambed somewhere in Australia, and all the others. There is not one of us who has not known them. There are enough of them, enough to keep us going. Perhaps.
    Ursula K. Le Guin

Related words: goatherding, shepherd, shepherding, herding goats, goat farming, goat herding

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