pack-shepherd

noun

A shepherd who owns his or her own flock or pack of sheep.

“He's a pack-shepherd – you know what that means – and they say he has a pack of ten-score ewes. ("The Free Fishers", John Buchan, Polygon 2009 p. 117)”

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Meanings

nounpack-shepherd (plural pack-shepherds)

plural pack-shepherds

  1. A shepherd who owns his or her own flock or pack of sheep.

    He's a pack-shepherd – you know what that means – and they say he has a pack of ten-score ewes. ("The Free Fishers", John Buchan, Polygon 2009 p. 117)

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APA

pack-shepherd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-shepherd

MLA

“pack-shepherd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-shepherd. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pack-shepherd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-shepherd.

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