"horseherd" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horseherds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English horshirde, hors-horde; equivalent to horse + herd. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|horshirde}} Middle English horshirde, {{compound|en|horse|herd}} horse + herd Head templates: {{en-noun}} horseherd (plural horseherds)
  1. A person who tends to horses. Translations (person who tends horses): zaldizain (Basque), hevospaimen (Finnish), Pferdehirt [masculine] (German), Pferdehirte [masculine] (German), Pferdehirtin [feminine] (German), Rosshirt [masculine] (German), Rosshirte [masculine] (German), Rosshirtin (alt: Rosshirt m, Rosshirte m, Rosshirtin f (older spellings with Eszett - Roß)) [feminine] (German)

Inflected forms

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