sheepmaster

English

Etymology

From sheep + master.

Noun

sheepmaster (plural sheepmasters)

  1. (now rare) Shepherd.
    • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating Johann Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, Dedalus 2016, p. 21:
      Mesha, King of Moab was a sheepmaster [transl. Hirt], as one can read in the second book of Kings […].

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