Shepherdess

Word SHEPHERDESS
Character 11
Hyphenation shep herd ess
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Shepherdess"

What do we mean by shepherdess?

A girl or woman who herds, guards, and tends sheep. noun

A woman who tends sheep; a rural lass. noun

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

A female shepherd. noun

A large and deep armchair with a cushion. noun

A woman shepherd noun

A female shepherd.

A large and deep armchair with a cushion.

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The word "shepherdess" in example sentences

In it the shepherdess is standing by her flock engrossed in her knitting. ❋ Linda (2007)

I call our shepherdess Honorine even though perhaps not infallibly naming the sociable soubrette who might, with all her gay bold confidence, have been an official inspectress in person, and to whose easy care or, more particularly, expert sensibility and candour of sympathy and curiosity, our flock was freely confided. ❋ Henry James (1879)

As easy as a shepherdess, which is what bergere means in French. ❋ Cynthia Rowley (2002)

Melrose and Von Behrens honours crowded each other -- here was the thin old silver "shepherdess" cup awarded that Johanna von Behrens who had won a prize with her sheep, while Washington was yet a boy; and here the quaint tortoise-shell snuff-box that a great prince, homeless and unknown, had given the American family that took him in; and the silver buttons from Lafayette's waistcoat that the great Frenchman had presented Colonel Horace Murison of the "Continentals." ❋ Kathleen Thompson Norris (1923)

"shepherdess," fed the poultry with Edwin, pulled off her jewelled ornaments, and gave them to Walter for playthings; nay, she even washed off her rouge at the spring, and came in with faint natural roses upon her faded cheeks. ❋ Unknown (1897)

He says he found me with goats and sheep — that I was some kind of shepherdess in the jungle! " ❋ Bennetts, Leslie (1996)

Katherine Dunn is an artist, writer, and shepherdess at Apifera Farm, where she lives with her landscaper husband. ❋ Katherine Dunn (2011)

If I was dressed like some sort of Hebrew shepherdess, hung out in fields with sheep, and carried a crook, that is. ❋ Jill Myles (2011)

[1] That is, Phoebe, the shepherdess in The Winter's ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have seen one of this man's works that showed a shepherdess in the mountains of Norway. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The painting—my own face, clad in shepherdess gear—stared back at me. ❋ Jill Myles (2011)

Noah told me that he fell in love with a Retenu shepherdess named Rachael. ❋ Jill Myles (2011)

Katherine Dunn is an artist, writer, and shepherdess at Apifera Farm where she lives with her landscaper husband. ❋ Katherine Dunn (2011)

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