different between neatherd vs cowherd

English

Etymology

From neat (“cattle”) +? herd.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ni?t?h??(?)d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nith?d/

Noun

neatherd (plural neatherds)

1. (archaic) A cowherd; one who looks after bulls, cows or oxen.
   • 1897, Theodore Alois Buckley (translator), Æschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes, David McKay, page 34

     I am terrified at the sight of the neatherd of thousand eyes [i.e., Argus], for he is journeying on, keeping a cunning glance, whom not even after death does earth conceal;

Alternative forms

• neat-heard

Related terms

• bearherd
• cowherd
• goatherd
• gooseherd
• herd
• herder
• herding dog
• herd instinct
• herdsman
• Herdsman (the constellation Boötes)
• herdswoman
• hogherd
• horseherd
• oxherd
• shepherd
• swanherd
• swineherd

Translations

Anagrams

• Renthead, adherent, anthered, hand tree, hartened, threaden

English

Alternative forms

• cowheard

Etymology

From Middle English couherde, from Old English c?hyrde, equivalent to cow +? herd (“herder”). Doublet of Coward (the surname). Cognate with German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”). Compare shepherd, goatherd, swineherd, etc.

Noun

cowherd (plural cowherds)

1. A person who herds cattle; a cowboy.

Synonyms

• cowherder

Related terms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• chowder