neatherd
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- (archaic) A cowherd; one who looks after bulls, cows or oxen.
- 1897, Theodore Alois Buckley (translator), Æschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes, David McKay, page 34
- I am terrified at the sight of the neatherd of thousand eyes [i.e., Argus], for he is journeying on, keeping a cunning glance, whom not even after death does earth conceal;
- 1897, Theodore Alois Buckley (translator), Æschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes, David McKay, page 34
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editperson who looks after bulls, cows or oxen