shepherds

Meanings

Noun

• a clergyman who watches over a group of people
• a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
• plural of shepherd

Verb

• watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
• tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
• third-person singular simple present indicative of shepherd

Synonyms

sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd