shepherdess

/ˈʃɛpərdəs/
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Other forms: shepherdesses

Definitions of shepherdess
  1. noun
    a woman shepherd
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    type of:
    sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd
    a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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