"swanherd" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: swanherds [plural]
Etymology: 1475-85, swan + herd Etymology templates: {{compound|en|swan|herd}} swan + herd Head templates: {{en-noun}} swanherd (plural swanherds)
  1. A person who tends or herds swans; a keeper of swans. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Categories (lifeform): Swans Translations (person who tends, herds, takes care of swans): Schwanenwärter [masculine] (German), Schwanenwärterin [feminine] (German), Schwanenhirt [masculine] (German), Schwanenhirte [masculine] (German), Schwanenhirtin [feminine] (German), cisnero [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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