Shepherd

shep′ėrd, n. one who herds sheep: a swain: a pastor:— fem. Shep′herde .— v.t. to tend as a shepherd: to watch over, protect the interests of, or one's own interests in.— ns. Shep′herdism , pastoral life; Shep′herdling , a little shepherd; Shep′herd's-crook , a long staff, its upper end curved into a hook; Shep′herd's-dog , a dog specially trained to help in tending sheep, the collie or Scotch sheep-dog, .; Shep′herd's-flute , a flageolet or the like; Shep′herd's-nee′dle , an annual plant, called also Venus's comb; Shep′herd's-plaid , -tar′tan , a woollen cloth made with black and white checks: this form of pattern itself; Shep′herd's-pouch , -purse , an annual cruciferous plant, with compre ed, somewhat heart-shaped seed-ve el; Shep′herd's-rod , -staff , a small kind of teasel.— Shepherd kings (see Hyksos ).— The Good Shepherd , a title of Jesus Christ (John, x. 11); The Shepherds , a sect of fanatical shepherds in France about 1251 A.D. , eager to deliver the imprisoned Louis IX. [A.S. sceáp-hyrde . Sheep and herd .]