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gooseherd [goos-hurd] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person who tends geese.
Origin of gooseherd First recorded in 1200–50, gooseherd is from the Middle English word gos herd. See goose, herd2 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for gooseherd Historical Examples of gooseherd
Yes, the son of a gooseherd in Fief; he served his time with the Zouaves.
Ren Bazin
“Even cripples can dance when they choose,” said the gooseherd.
Flora Annie Steel
Then the gooseherd smiled to himself, and played sweeter than ever.
Flora Annie Steel
“Peirol, the gooseherd’s boy,” the youngster replied composedly.
L. Lamprey
Yet was she as lowly and simple of speech and demeanour as if she were a gooseherd of fourteen winters.
William Morris
