herdess
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editherdess (plural herdesses)
- A shepherdess; a female herder.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- She is the herdess fair that shines in dark,
And gives her kids no food, but willows bark
References
edit- “herdess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.