goatherd
noun
goat·herd
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Definition of goatherd
: a person who tends goats
Examples of goatherd in a Sentence
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So far, about 40 to 50 shepherd and goatherds are signed up, along with nearly 11,000 goats, Minder reports. — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, "Could Goats Help Solve Portugal’s Wildfire Crisis?," 19 Aug. 2019 Should the land revert to the goatherds who previously lived there? — Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times, "Review: It’s rich versus poor in Antaeus Theatre’s ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’," 20 July 2019 Fernandes, the goatherd, says, leaning on his thick walking stick. — Washington Post, "Send in the goats: Portugal goes low-tech to beat wildfires," 14 June 2018 Bono is an accomplished farmer, cook, fermentation expert, and currently, goatherd and maker of goat milk soaps, so creating a garden from scratch may come a little bit easier to her. — Louisa Shafia, Good Housekeeping, "Everything You Need to Know About Starting a Vegetable Garden," 3 May 2018 Luckily for him, and for us, the boy is befriended by a monosyllabic goatherd with hardscrabble but successful strategies to survive in this dystopian world of rancid wells and withered lone fig trees. — Natalie Serber, New York Times, "In This Beautiful Debut, a Boy Takes Flight in a Bleak World," 28 Aug. 2017 Cucinelli has been making the trip for almost 30 years, to source cashmere from nomadic goatherds in Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. — Andrea Whittle, Condé Nast Traveler, "Designer Brunello Cucinelli on Finding Cashmere and Inspiration in Mongolia," 30 Oct. 2017 Chris Larsen started with a vision of making it possible for, say, a goatherd in Central Asia to do business efficiently with a fisherman in Africa or a merchant in London. — Quentin Hardy, New York Times, "Ripple Aims to Put Every Transaction on One Ledger," 6 Apr. 2016 Her best friend is the young man next door, Sudama (Sandeep Pathak), a goatherd who shares tea with her. — Helen T. Verongos, New York Times, "Review: ‘1000 Rupee Note,’ a Poor Widow’s Blessing and Curse," 22 Sep. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'goatherd.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for goatherd
goatherd
noun
English Language Learners Definition of goatherd
: a person who watches over a herd of goats
See the full definition for goatherd in the English Language Learners Dictionary
goatherd
noun
goat·herd
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Kids Definition of goatherd
: a person who tends goats