"gooseherd" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gooseherds [plural]
Etymology: From goose + herd (“herder”). Inherited from Middle English gosherde, from Old English gōshierde, a compound of gōs (“goose”) and hierde (“herder”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|goose|herd|t2=herder}} goose + herd (“herder”), {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|gosherde|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English gosherde, {{inh+|en|enm|gosherde}} Inherited from Middle English gosherde, {{inh|en|ang|gōshierde}} Old English gōshierde, {{m|ang|gōs||goose}} gōs (“goose”), {{m|ang|hierde||herder}} hierde (“herder”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gooseherd (plural gooseherds)
  1. A person who tends to geese. Synonyms: gosherd, gissard [obsolete, rare], gozzard [Britain, dialectal] Translations (person who takes care of geese): antzarazain (Basque), 飼鵝者 (Chinese Mandarin), 饲鹅者 (sì'ézhě) (Chinese Mandarin), husák [masculine] (Czech), ganzenhoeder [masculine] (Dutch), ganzenherder [masculine] (Dutch), gansherder [masculine] (Dutch), ganzenhoederin [feminine] (Dutch), ganzenherderin [feminine] (Dutch), gansherderin [feminine] (Dutch), anseristo (Esperanto), hanesid karjatama (Estonian), gardeur d’oies [masculine] (French), gardeur d’oie [masculine] (French), gardeux d’oies [masculine] (French), gardeux d’oie [masculine] (French), gardeuse d’oies [feminine] (French), gardeuse d’oie [feminine] (French), Gänsehirt [masculine] (German), Gänsehirte [masculine] (German), Gänsehirtin [feminine] (German), χηνοβοσκός (chinovoskós) [masculine] (Greek), χηνάρης (chináris) [masculine] (Greek), χηνάρισσα (chinárissa) [feminine] (Greek), libapásztor (Hungarian), guardiano d'oche [masculine] (Italian), guardiana d'oche [feminine] (Italian), avicārius [Late-Latin, masculine] (Latin), aucārius [Latin, masculine, vulgar] (Latin), şivanê qazan (Northern Kurdish), gęsiarz [masculine] (Polish), gęsiarek [masculine] (Polish), gęsiarka [feminine] (Polish), gęsiareczka [feminine] (Polish), gâscar [masculine] (Romanian), gâscăriță [feminine] (Romanian), gosar [masculine] (Slovene), gåsherde [common-gender] (Swedish), người chân ngỗng (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gänsehirtin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chinovoskós",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χηνοβοσκός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chináris",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χηνάρης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chinárissa",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χηνάρισσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "word": "libapásztor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiano d'oche"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiana d'oche"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "word": "şivanê qazan"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avicārius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "aucārius"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gęsiarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gęsiarek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gęsiarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gęsiareczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gâscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gâscăriță"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gosar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gåsherde"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person who takes care of geese",
      "word": "người chân ngỗng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gooseherd"
}

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