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n. - A person who tends a flock of Old World hollow-horned ruminant mammals (genus Capra) closely related to the sheep

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  • Galatea is pelting thy flock with apples, Polyphemus, she says the goatherd is a laggard lover!
  • "A good fellow," he said in French to the goatherd.
  • The goatherd pointed south again and waved his hand.
  • Clarissa pelts her goatherd with apples, should he stray
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