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Definition of Neatherd
1. n. A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.
Definition of Neatherd
1. Noun. (archaic) cowherd; one who looks after bulls, cows or oxen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neatherd
1. a cowherd [n -S] - See also: cowherd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neatherd
Literary usage of Neatherd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"A rough neatherd complains of the pride and insolence of a city girl, who refused
to let him kiss her, and rallied his awkward figure: he ..."
2. The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Life of the Martyrologist, and by John Foxe, George Townsend (1844)
"... touching such as were condemned, and suffered the pains of fire, for testimony
of Christ and his truth ; of whom one was John, a pastor or neatherd, ..."
3. Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Nottingham (England) (1885)
"Surety of John Walker, neatherd, for well executing his office 10 this year,
ete.: Robert Tull, baker, sworn. Surety of John Robinson, swineherd, ..."
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