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# shepherdess

noun (a shepherdess, shepherdesses)

«shepherdess» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A woman or girl who looks after sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#m1)
2. (stories, art) A figure of a pretty shepherdess in old paintings, poems and china ornaments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, nursery rhymes and old art, shepherdesses tend sheep in the fields, like Little Bo-Peep who lost her sheep. Today the word "shepherd" is often used for both men and women. In the Bible, Rachel looked after her father's sheep. Phrases: a china shepherdess, little shepherdess.

### Examples

- Little Bo-Peep was a shepherdess who lost her sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#x1)
- The shepherdess led the flock up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#x2)
- Gran has a china shepherdess on her shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#x3)
- In the Bible, Rachel was a shepherdess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#x4)
- The shepherdess whistled to her dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#x5)
- The story is about a shepherdess and a chimney sweep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#x6)
- "This is terrible," said the little shepherdess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/#x7)

### Note

Plural: shepherdesses. Today many people say "shepherd" for any person who looks after sheep. Spelling: shep-herd-ess, silent h in "shepherd" (said "SHEP-erd").

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shepherdess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shepherdess/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shepherdess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shepherdess.html) on Mova free.