cowherd

See also: Cowherd

English

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

cowherd (plural cowherds)

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)

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