Shepherd

Noun

 * 1) A person who tends sheep.
 * 2)  Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.
 * The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; -- The Bible, Psalms 23:1

Synonyms

 * sheepherder

Derived terms

 * shepherdess
 * shepherd's crook
 * shepherd's pie

Related terms

 * herd
 * herdsman

Verb

 * 1) To watch over; to guide
 * 2)  For a player to obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.

Adjectives for Shepherd
faithful; erratic; wandering; boding; homeless.

Thesaurus
DD, Doctor of Divinity, Gyropilot, Holy Joe, abbe, air warden, attend, attend to, attendant, automatic pilot, baby-sit, boatheader, boatsteerer, bodyguard, cage, care for, caretaker, castellan, cattleman, cavalier, chaperon, chaplain, cherish, churchman, cicerone, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, companion, conduct, conductor, conservator, conserve, convoy, corral, courier, cowboy, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, coxswain, curate, curator, cure, custodian, direct, divine, dragoman, drive, drove, drover, duenna, ecclesiastic, escort, esquire, fellow traveler, forest ranger, foster, game warden, gamekeeper, gaucho, goad, goatherd, gooseboy, gooseherd, governor, guard, guardian, guardian angel, guide, guidepost, guider, helmsman, herd, herder, herdsman, hogherd, hold the reins, horse wrangler, horseherd, janitor, keep watch over, keeper, lash, lead, lifeguard, lifesaver, look after, look out for, look to, man of God, marshal, matronize, mercury, military chaplain, mind, minister, minister to, mother, navigator, next friend, nurse, nurture, padre, parson, pastor, pigman, pilot, pointer, preserve, prick, prochein ami, protege, provide for, punch cattle, puncher, pursue, ranger, rector, reverend, ride herd on, river pilot, round up, route, run, safe-conduct, see, see after, see to, servant of God, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherdess, show, sky pilot, spur, squire, steer, steerer, steersman, steward, supply clergy, supply minister, support, swain, swanherd, swineherd, take, take care of, take charge of, take out, take the helm, tend, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric, tour director, tour guide, usher, vaquero, waddy, wait on, warden, warder, watch, watch out for, watch over, whip, wrangle, wrangler

Etymology
From sceaphierde:, a compound of sceap: and hierde:.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: راعي
 * Armenian: հովիվ, չոբան
 * Basque: artzain
 * Catalan: pastor
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 牧羊人, 羊倌
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fårehyrde
 * Dutch: herder, schaapherder
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: lammaspaimen
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: მწყემსი
 * German: Hirt, Hirte, Schafhirt, Schafhirte, Schäfer
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ποιμήν
 * Hebrew: רועה
 * Hindi: गड़ेरिया, चूपान
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: aoire
 * Old Irish: oegaire
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 羊飼い
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: şivan
 * Sorani: شوان


 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Ligurian: pastô
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: ragħa
 * Northern Sami: geahčči
 * Old Provençal:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , , oier
 * Russian:, пастушка
 * Sanskrit: अविपाल
 * Sardinian: pastori
 * Scottish Gaelic: buachaille-chaorach, cìobair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пастир, чобан, овчар
 * Roman: pastir, čoban, ovčar
 * Spanish:, ovejero
 * Sumerian:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: چوپان
 * Volapük: jipigaledan,  jipihigaledan,  jipijigaledan,  galedanapul,  galedanahipul,  galedanajipul
 * Welsh: bugail


 * Arabic: راعي
 * Catalan: pastor
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Hirt, Hüter


 * Italian: pastore
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: şivan
 * Sorani: şiwan
 * Maltese: ragħaj, mexxej
 * Russian: пастырь


 * : bača, valach

Verb

 * Finnish: ,
 * Latvian: ganīt
 * Persian: مواظب بودن، راهنمایی کردن


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: