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.
- synonyms: sheepherder, sheepman
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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