Shepherd vs. Shepard — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shepherd and Shepard
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Definitions
Shepherd
A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards herds of sheep. Shepherd derives from Old English sceaphierde (sceap 'sheep' + hierde 'herder').
Shepard
Misspelling of shepherd
Shepherd
A person who tends and rears sheep.
Shepard
Misspelling of shepherd
Shepherd
Tend (sheep) as a shepherd.
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Shepard
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
Shepherd
Guide or direct in a particular direction
I shepherded them through the door
Shepard
Astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
Shepherd
One who herds, guards, and tends sheep.
Shepherd
One who cares for and guides a group of people, as a minister or teacher.
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Shepherd
A German shepherd.
Shepherd
To herd or tend as a shepherd.
Shepherd
To guide or lead on a course
The counselors shepherded the campers toward the waterfront.
Shepherd
To direct or instruct in a certain manner
Shepherded the student through algebra.
Shepherd
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
Shepherdess (f.)
Shepherd
A male sheep tender
Shepherdess (f.)
Shepherd
(figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
Shepherdess (f.)
Shepherd
A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
Shepherdess (f.)
Shepherd
(figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
Shepherdess (f.)
Shepherd
A male pastor
Shepherdess (f.)
Shepherd
(poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.
Shepherd
A German Shepherd.
Shepherd
(transitive) To watch over; to guide.
Shepherd
To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
Shepherd
A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
Shepherd
The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
Shepherd
To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
White, fleecy clouds . . .
Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind.
Shepherd
A clergyman who watches over a group of people
Shepherd
A herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Shepherd
Watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
Shepherd
Tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats