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A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.

A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

A herdsman. [R.]

A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.

A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.

A herdsman. [Obs.]

A kind of low-hung cab.

The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.

A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.

A man who tends a bear.

One whose occupation is to tend cows.

One who tends goats. Spenser.

One who takes care of geese.

A swineherd. W. Browne.

A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden.

A piece or fragment of a broken pot. Job ii. 8.

The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others. Shepherd bird (Zoöl.), the crested screamer. See Screamer. -- Shepherd dog (Zoöl.), a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called als…

A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney.

A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elæagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. Sir T. Sidney.