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Swineherd

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One who tends swine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A keeper of swine.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A herder or keeper of swine. Also swineward.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a herder or swine

Word Usage

"Telemachus was the first to notice him, and calling the swineherd, who was sitting near, he gave him a loaf of bread and a good handful of meat, and bade him carry it to the beggar."

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