shepherd (n.)

  1. a clergyman who watches over a group of people

  2. a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

    [ Syn: sheepherder , sheepman ]

    shepherd (v.)

  1. watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

  2. tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

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