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shepherdess

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Agriculture
shep·herd·ess /ˈʃepədes $ -ərdɪs/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  BOTAa woman whose job is to take care of sheep 女牧羊人,牧羊女
Examples from the Corpus
shepherdessMargaret became a shepherdess, during which she was spotted by the governor.After the visions she'd become a shepherdess of souls, leading them to Our Lady and to repentance.Also patron of poverty and shepherdesses.At Charlecote Park in Warwickshire there are lead statues of a shepherd and shepherdess made by him in about 1718.Also patron of shepherdesses and torture victims.In real life she'd been a poor shepherdess who lived in a dungeon and had asthma.Porcelain shepherdess and fleeces white as snow.
shep·herd·ess nounChineseSyllable
take is sheep whose to of a Corpus woman job care


shepherdess
shepherdess /ˈʃepədes $ -ərdəs/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
a woman whose job is to take care of sheep


shep·herd·essBrE /ˌʃepəˈdes/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʃepərˈdes/ 🔊BrE /ˈʃepədəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃepərdəs/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned) a woman who takes care of sheep 女牧羊人;牧羊女