cowherd

See also: Cowherd

English

Alternative forms

cowheard

Etymology

From Middle English couherde, from Old English cūhyrde, equivalent to cow +‎ herd (“herder”). Cognate with German Kuhhirte (“cowherd”). Compare shepherd, goatherd, swineherd, etc.

Noun

cowherd (plural cowherds)

A person who herds cattle; a cowboy.

Synonyms

cowherder

Related terms

bearherd
cow
cowboy
cowgirl
cowman
cowperson
cowpoke
cowwoman, cow-woman
goatherd
gooseherd
herd
herder
herding dog
herd instinct
herdsman
Herdsman (the constellation Boötes)
herdswoman
hogherd
horseherd
neatherd
oxherd
swanherd
swineherd

Translations

a person who herds cattle

Basque: unai, behizain
Catalan: vaquer m
Danish: kohyrde c (archaic)
Finnish: karjapaimen (fi)
Franco-Provençal: vachier m
French: vacher (fr), vachère (fr), bouvier (fr) m, bouvière (fr) f
Friulian: boâr m, vacjâr m
German: Kuhhirte (de) m, Kuhhirt (de) m, Kuhhirtin f, Viehhirte m, Viehhirt m, Viehhirtin f, Cowboy (de) m, Cowgirl (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: βουκόλος m (boukólos)
Hungarian: gulyás (hu), marhapásztor
Irish: buachaill bó m, aoire bó m
Italian: vaccaio m, boaro (it) m, bovaro (it) m
Japanese: 牛飼い (ja) (うしかい, ushi-kai)

Macedonian: кравар m (krávar), говедар m (góvedar)
Mazanderani: گالش‎ (gâleš)
Norman: vachi m
Occitan: vaquièr m
Persian: گاوچران‎ (fa)
Portuguese: vaqueiro (pt) m
Romanian: văcar (ro) m, boar (ro) m
Russian: пасту́х (ru) m (pastúx), ско́тник (ru) m (skótnik)
Sardinian: boinarzu m, boinàgiu m, boinàrgiu m
Sicilian: mandriotu (scn) m, vaccaru m
Spanish: vaquero m
Swedish: koherde
Venetian: boaro m, boar, boer

Anagrams

chowder