Swineherd

Word SWINEHERD
Character 9
Hyphenation swine herd
Pronunciations /ˈswɑɪnˌhɜːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Swineherd"

What do we mean by swineherd?

One who tends swine. noun

A herder or keeper of swine. Also swineward. noun

A keeper of swine. noun

A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs). noun

A herder or swine noun

A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).

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The word "swineherd" in example sentences

Then she called the swineherd to her apartment and said: "Bring the beggar hither. ❋ 750? BC-650? BC Homer (1879)

Telemachus was the first to notice him, and calling the swineherd, who was sitting near, he gave him a loaf of bread and a good handful of meat, and bade him carry it to the beggar. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

And Telemachus called the swineherd to him, and took a whole loaf out of the fair basket, and of flesh so much as his hands could hold in their grasp, saying: 39 ❋ Homer (1909)

` ` Let Gurth do thine office, Oswald, '' said Wamba with his usual effrontery; ` ` the swineherd will be a fit usher to the Jew. '' ❋ Unknown (1892)

The scene shifts (l. 301) to the hut of the swineherd, which is the present destination of Telemachus. ❋ Denton Jaques Snider (1883)

And Telemachus called the swineherd to him, and took a whole loaf out of the fair basket, and of flesh so much as his hands could hold in their grasp, saying: ❋ 750? BC-650? BC Homer (1878)

"Let Gurth do thine office, Oswald," said Wamba with his usual effrontery; "the swineherd will be a fit usher to the Jew." ❋ Unknown (1819)

He goes off to a distant country and wastes his resources on riotous living and eventually has to work as a "swineherd" (clearly a low point as swine are unclean in Judaism.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Let Gurth do thine office, Oswald,” said Wamba with his usual effrontery; “the swineherd will be a fit usher to the ❋ Unknown (2004)

He called the swineherd to him, and said: "Eumaios, I am going back to the town to see my mother. ❋ 750? BC-650? BC Homer (1879)

I was thrall and fighting man, until, lost in an unlucky raid far to the east beyond our marches, I was sold among the Huns, and was a swineherd until I escaped south into the great forests and was taken in as a freeman by the Teutons, who were many, but who lived in small tribes and drifted southward before the Hun advance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From swineherd to industrialist, and from political persecution to entrepreneurial opportunism, Wu led his community along the long, dirty pollution chain from pesticide to aluminum to steel. ❋ Jonathan Watts (2010)

He heard himself reply with all of the assurance of a professional swineherd, Nay. ❋ Karen Hawkins (2010)

When Odysseus returned to Ithaca, he told his swineherd, “There is no worse life for a man than to tramp it.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Everyone knew that the swineherd beat his wife and children when he was drunk, so it was no surprise when his baby daughter suffered the same. ❋ Liane Merciel (2010)

I always wanted to remind them that the name Hamlin meant “swineherd” in German and that we really had no justification for our high-and-mighty attitude. ❋ Harry Hamlin (2010)

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