Meanings
nounhorseherd (plural horseherds)
plural horseherds
- A person who tends to horses.
And he went along, and along, and along, and still further along, till he came to the horse-herd of the King of Elfland feeding his horses.
1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Childe Rowland”, in English Fairy Tales, page 120
Origin
- Middle Englishhorshirde
- Englishhorseherd
From Middle English horshirde, hors-horde; equivalent to horse + herd.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque zaldizain
- zaldizainperson who tends horses
Finnish hevospaimen
- hevospaimenperson who tends horses
German Pferdehirt, Pferdehirte
- Pferdehirtperson who tends horses
- Pferdehirteperson who tends horses
- Pferdehirtinperson who tends horses
- Rosshirtperson who tends horses
- Rosshirteperson who tends horses
- Rosshirtinperson who tends horses
Polish pasterz koni, pasterka koni
- pasterz koniperson who tends horses
- pasterka koniperson who tends horses
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“horseherd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horseherd. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horseherd,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horseherd.
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