VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / shepherdess

Thesaurus: shepherdess

A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

womandefinitionhencedefinitionlassdefinitionruraldefinitionsheepdefinitiontendsdefinitiongarbdefinitionherselfdefinitionputdefinitionshedefinitionsirdefinitionshepherddefinitionshepherd dogfamilyshepherd's clockfamilyshepherd's crookfamilyshepherd's piefamilyshepherd's pipefamilyshepherd's pouchfamilyshepherd's pursefamilyshepherdedfamilyshepherdessedfamilyshepherdessesfamilyshepherdiafamilyshepherdiasfamilyshepherdingfamilyshepherdishfamilyshepherdismfamilyshepherdlingfamily

Definitions

  1. n. A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.
  2. n. a woman shepherd
  3. A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney.
  4. A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney.