cow·herd

(kou′hûrd′)

One who herds or tends cattle.

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cowherd

(ˈkaʊˌhɜːd)

(Agriculture) a person employed to tend cattle

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cow•herd

(ˈkaʊˌhɜrd)

n.

a person who tends cows.

[before 1000]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

cowherd - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

cowboy, cowhand, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher, cattleman

buckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero - local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)

cowgirl - a woman cowboy

gaucho - a cowboy of the South American pampas

horse wrangler, wrangler - a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses

ranch hand - a hired hand on a ranch

roper - a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses

Translations

بقّار، راعي بقر

ošetřovatel krav

cowboykodriver

Kuhhirte

vacher

kúahirîir

gjeter røkter

ošetrovateľ kráv

sığır çobanı

放牛人

cowherd

[ˈkaʊhɜːd] N → pastor(a) m/f de ganado, vaquero/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cowherd

[ˈkaʊˌhɜːd] n → vaccaro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cow¹

(kau) noun

1. the female of cattle used for giving milk. He has ten cows and a bull.

2. the female of certain other animals eg the elephant, whale.

ˈcowboy noun

in the United States, a man who looks after cattle on a ranch.

ˈcowherd noun

a person who looks after cows.

ˈcowhide noun, adjective

(of) the skin of a cow made into leather. a bag made of cowhide; a cowhide bag.

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The June baby, who is two feet square and valiant beyond her size and years, seized a stick much bigger than herself and went after the cows, the cowherd being nowhere to be seen.

I thought of course that somebody had stolen them-- some boy from the village, or perhaps the chastised cowherd. But looking about I saw one perched high up in the branches of the beech tree, and then to my dismay one lying dead on the ground.

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After wandering about for a long time, they found in a pasture near Finchley a poor shed, with walls of mud, and roof of grass and brambles, built for some cowherd, but now deserted.

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Moreau had a huge cowherd's horn slung over his shoulder.

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The children used to pelt her with mud; so she begged to be taken on as assistant cowherd, but the cowherd would not have her.

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The cowherd girls, picking up their petticoats, ran splashing through the mud with bare legs, still white, not yet brown from the sun, waving brush wood in their hands, chasing the calves that frolicked in the mirth of spring.

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Urdu poetry has a special place for Krishna and he is often described as a child, a brother, a charioteer, a warrior, a disciple, a guru, a cowherd, a messenger, and the beloved of the gopis.

Krishna: The enchanting pied piper of Urdu poetry

Christ Church, built in 1809, was believed to be the country's first vegetarian church, run by Reverend William Cowherd, founder of the vegetarian movement.

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Manchester is credited with inventing vegetarianism thanks to the inappropriately named Reverend William Cowherd, who he preached the moral virtues of a vegetarian diet in a tiny Salford chapel.

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The analyst's colleague Colin Cowherd meanwhile thinks LeBron should be sacrificed by theLakersif it means they can get their hands on Zion Williamson.

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