Overview of noun shepherd

The noun shepherd has 2 senses

• shepherd -- (a clergyman who watches over a group of people)


• sheepherder, shepherd, sheepman -- (a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock)

Overview of verb shepherd

The verb shepherd has 2 senses

• shepherd -- (watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils)


• shepherd -- (tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats)