swineherd

IPA: swˈaɪnhɝd

noun

  • A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
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Examples of "swineherd" in Sentences

  • The same source says it's a legend that he was a swineherd.
  • Townsfolk furthermore had their own cowherds and a swineherd.
  • The swineherd threw her into a well and dressed up his daughter in her clothing.
  • Then she called the swineherd to her apartment and said: "Bring the beggar hither.
  • The scene shifts (l. 301) to the hut of the swineherd, which is the present destination of Telemachus.
  • “Let Gurth do thine office, Oswald,” said Wamba with his usual effrontery; “the swineherd will be a fit usher to the
  • "Let Gurth do thine office, Oswald," said Wamba with his usual effrontery; "the swineherd will be a fit usher to the Jew."
  • ` ` Let Gurth do thine office, Oswald, '' said Wamba with his usual effrontery; ` ` the swineherd will be a fit usher to the Jew. ''
  • And Telemachus called the swineherd to him, and took a whole loaf out of the fair basket, and of flesh so much as his hands could hold in their grasp, saying:
  • And Telemachus called the swineherd to him, and took a whole loaf out of the fair basket, and of flesh so much as his hands could hold in their grasp, saying: 39
  • He goes off to a distant country and wastes his resources on riotous living and eventually has to work as a "swineherd" (clearly a low point as swine are unclean in Judaism.)
  • Telemachus was the first to notice him, and calling the swineherd, who was sitting near, he gave him a loaf of bread and a good handful of meat, and bade him carry it to the beggar.

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