Meanings
nounneatherd (plural neatherds)
plural neatherds · alternative neat-heard
- archaicA cowherd; one who looks after bulls, cows or oxen.
I am terrified at the sight of the neatherd of thousand eyes [i.e., Argus], for he is journeying on, keeping a cunning glance, whom not even after death does earth conceal;
1897, Theodore Alois Buckley (translator), Æschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes, David McKay, page 34
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Bulgarian говедар
- говедар (govedar)person who looks after bulls, cows or oxen
German Kuhhirt, Kuhhirte
- Kuhhirtperson who looks after bulls, cows or oxen
- Kuhhirteperson who looks after bulls, cows or oxen
- Kuhhirtinperson who looks after bulls, cows or oxen
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