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Webster 1913 Edition

Shepherdess

Shep′herd-ess

,

Noun.

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

She put herself into the garb of a

shepherdess

.

Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shepherdess

SHEP'HERDESS

,

Noun.

A woman that tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.

She put herself into the garb of a sheperdess. Sidney.

Definition 2025

shepherdess

shepherdess

English

Noun

shepherdess ‎(plural shepherdesses, masculine shepherd)

A female shepherd.
A large and deep armchair with a cushion.

Translations

female shepherd

Dutch: schapenhoedster f, herderin (nl) f, (diminutive) herderinnetje (nl) n
Esperanto: ŝafistino
French: bergère (fr) f, (literary, diminutive) pastourelle (fr) f
German: Hirtin (de) f, Schäferin f, Schafhirtin (de) f
Greek: βοσκή (el) f ‎(voskí)
Irish: banaoire m, bantréadaí m

Latvian: gane
Macedonian: овчарка m ‎(óvčarka)
Polish: pasterka (pl) f, pastuszka (pl) f
Portuguese: pastora (pt) f
Russian: пасту́шка (ru) f ‎(pastúška)
Volapük: (♂♀) jipigaledan (vo), (♂) jipihigaledan (vo), (♀) jipijigaledan (vo)

armchair with a cushion