Usually means: Guide and protector of sheep.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word shepherd:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. shepherd: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. shepherd: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shepherd: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shepherd: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shepherd: Vocabulary.com
  6. Shepherd, shepherd: Wordnik
  7. shepherd: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Shepherd, shepherd: Wiktionary
  9. shepherd: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. shepherd: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. shepherd: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Shepherd, shepherd, the shepherd: Dictionary.com
  13. shepherd (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. shepherd: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Shepherd (disambiguation), Shepherd (name), Shepherd (surname), Shepherd, The Shepherd (Blake), The Shepherd (Once Upon a Time), The Shepherd: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Shepherd: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. shepherd: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. shepherd: Rhymezone
  19. shepherd: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. shepherd: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Shepherd: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. shepherd: Free Dictionary
  23. shepherd: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Shepherd, shepherd: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. shepherd: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. shepherd: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shepherd: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shepherd: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shepherd: Easton Bible
  2. Shepherd: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shepherd: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. shepherd: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See shepherded as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
noun:  A male sheep tender
noun:  (figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
noun:  A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader
noun:  (figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
noun:  A male pastor
noun:  (poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.
noun:  A German Shepherd.
verb:  (transitive) To watch over; to guide.
verb:  (transitive, Australian rules football) To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
noun:  An English surname originating as an occupation.
noun:  A male given name
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Boone County, Indiana.
noun:  A village in Isabella County, Michigan.
noun:  A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana.
noun:  A city in San Jacinto County, Texas.

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