goatherd

goat·herd

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [goht-hurd]
- /ˈgoʊtˌhɜrd/
- /ˈɡəʊt.hɜːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [goht-hurd]
- /ˈgoʊtˌhɜrd/

Definitions of goatherd word

noun goatherd a person who tends goats. 1
noun goatherd person who tends goats 1
noun goatherd a person employed to tend or herd goats 0
noun goatherd one who herds or tends goats 0

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Origin of goatherd

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gāthyrde. See goat, herd2

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Parts of speech for Goatherd

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Goatherd

goatherd popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for goatherd

noun goatherd

rancher — a person who owns or works on a ranch.
cowboy — A cowboy is a male character in a western.
herder — Johann Gottfried von [yoh-hahn gawt-freet fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt frit fən/ (Show IPA), 1744–1803, German philosopher and poet.
wrangler — a cowboy, especially one in charge of saddle horses.
vaquero — a cowboy or herdsman.

All 13 Synonyms of goatherd