different between oxherd vs neatherd

English

Etymology

From Middle English oxherd, oxeherde, oxhurde, oxhyrde, from Old English oxanhirde, oxanhyrde (“oxherd”), equivalent to ox +? herd. Cognate with German Ochsenhirt (“oxherd”).

Noun

oxherd (plural oxherds)

1. One who herds oxen.

Related terms

• oxherding

Translations

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