What is the meaning of shepherd?

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.

verb

  • Watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils.
  • Tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats. .
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