"cowherd" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cowherds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English couherde, from Old English cūhierde, equivalent to cow + herd (“herder”). Doublet of Coward (the surname). Cognate with German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”). Compare shepherd, goatherd, swineherd, etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|couherde}} Middle English couherde, {{inh|en|ang|cūhierde}} Old English cūhierde, {{af|en|cow|herd|t2=herder}} cow + herd (“herder”), {{doublet|en|Coward}} Doublet of Coward, {{cog|de|Kuhhirte|t=cowherd}} German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cowherd (plural cowherds)
  1. A person who herds cattle; a cowboy. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: cowherder, cowheard [obsolete] Derived forms: Coward, Cowherd, cowherdess Translations (a person who herds cattle): βουκόλος (boukólos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), গৰখীয়া (gorokhia) (Assamese), গোৱাল (güal) (Assamese), unai (Basque), behizain (Basque), кравар (kravar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), говедар (govedar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vaquer [masculine] (Catalan), kohyrde [archaic, common-gender] (Danish), karjapaimen (Finnish), vachier [masculine] (Franco-Provençal), vacher (French), vachère (French), bouvier [masculine] (French), bouvière [feminine] (French), boâr [masculine] (Friulian), vacjâr [masculine] (Friulian), Kuhhirte [masculine] (German), Kuhhirt [masculine] (German), Kuhhirtin [feminine] (German), Viehhirte [masculine] (German), Viehhirt [masculine] (German), Viehhirtin [feminine] (German), Cowboy [masculine] (German), Cowgirl [neuter] (German), gulyás (Hungarian), marhapásztor (Hungarian), lehmäpaimen (Ingrian), lehmuri (Ingrian), buachaill bó [masculine] (Irish), aoire bó [masculine] (Irish), vaccaio [masculine] (Italian), mandriano [masculine] (Italian), bovaro [masculine] (Italian), 牛飼い (ushi-kai) (alt: うしかい) (Japanese), bubulcus [masculine] (Latin), vaccārius [masculine] (Latin), кравар (kravar) [masculine] (Macedonian), говедар (govedar) [masculine] (Macedonian), گالش (gâleš) (Mazanderani), couherde (Middle English), vachi [masculine] (Norman), vaquièr [masculine] (Occitan), cūhierde [masculine] (Old English), اینكجی (inekci) (Ottoman Turkish), گاوچران (Persian), vaqueiro [masculine] (Portuguese), văcar [masculine] (Romanian), boar [masculine] (Romanian), пасту́х (pastúx) [masculine] (Russian), ско́тник (skótnik) [masculine] (Russian), गोपाल (gopāla) [masculine] (Sanskrit), boinarzu [masculine] (Sardinian), boinàgiu [masculine] (Sardinian), boinàrgiu [masculine] (Sardinian), mandriotu [masculine] (Sicilian), vaccaru [masculine] (Sicilian), vaquero [masculine] (Spanish), koherde (Swedish), inekçi (Turkish), boaro [masculine] (Venetan), boar (Venetan), boer (Venetan)
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          "word": "cūhierde"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "inekci",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "word": "اینكجی"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "word": "گاوچران"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vaqueiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "văcar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pastúx",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пасту́х"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skótnik",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ско́тник"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "gopāla",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "गोपाल"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boinarzu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boinàgiu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boinàrgiu"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mandriotu"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vaccaru"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vaquero"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "word": "koherde"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "word": "inekçi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boaro"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "word": "boar"
        },
        {
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
          "word": "boer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cowherd"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Coward"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cowherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowherdess"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "couherde"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English couherde",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cūhierde"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cūhierde",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cow",
        "3": "herd",
        "t2": "herder"
      },
      "expansion": "cow + herd (“herder”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Coward"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Coward",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kuhhirte",
        "t": "cowherd"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English couherde, from Old English cūhierde, equivalent to cow + herd (“herder”). Doublet of Coward (the surname). Cognate with German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”). Compare shepherd, goatherd, swineherd, etc.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cowherds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cowherd (plural cowherds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bearherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "cow"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowboy"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowgirl"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowman"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowperson"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowpoke"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowwoman"
    },
    {
      "word": "cow-woman"
    },
    {
      "word": "goatherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "gooseherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "herd"
    },
    {
      "word": "herder"
    },
    {
      "word": "herding dog"
    },
    {
      "word": "herd instinct"
    },
    {
      "word": "herdsman"
    },
    {
      "alt": "the constellation Boötes",
      "word": "Herdsman"
    },
    {
      "word": "herdswoman"
    },
    {
      "word": "hogherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "horseherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "neatherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "oxherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "swanherd"
    },
    {
      "word": "swineherd"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Assamese translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with Franco-Provençal translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Friulian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ingrian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mazanderani translations",
        "Terms with Middle English translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Old English translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
        "Terms with Sardinian translations",
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      "glosses": [
        "A person who herds cattle; a cowboy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "herd",
          "herd"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ],
        [
          "cowboy",
          "cowboy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cowherder"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cowheard"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "gorokhia",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "গৰখীয়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "güal",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "গোৱাল"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "unai"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "behizain"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kravar",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кравар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "govedar",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "говедар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kohyrde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "karjapaimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "frp",
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vachier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "vacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "vachère"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bouvier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bouvière"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boâr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vacjâr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kuhhirte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kuhhirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kuhhirtin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Viehhirte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Viehhirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Viehhirtin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cowboy"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Cowgirl"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "boukólos",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βουκόλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "gulyás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "marhapásztor"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "lehmäpaimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "lehmuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buachaill bó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aoire bó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaccaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mandriano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bovaro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うしかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ushi-kai",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "牛飼い"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bubulcus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaccārius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kravar",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кравар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "govedar",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "говедар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mzn",
      "lang": "Mazanderani",
      "roman": "gâleš",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "گالش"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "couherde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vachi"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaquièr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cūhierde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "inekci",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "اینكجی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "گاوچران"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaqueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "văcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pastúx",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пасту́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skótnik",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ско́тник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "gopāla",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोपाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boinarzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boinàgiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boinàrgiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mandriotu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaccaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaquero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "koherde"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "inekçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "boar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "a person who herds cattle",
      "word": "boer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cowherd"
}

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