cowherd

See also: Cowherd

English

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

cowherd (plural cowherds)

a person who herds cattle

Assamese: গৰখীয়া (gorokhia), গোৱাল (güal)
Basque: unai, behizain
Bulgarian: кравар (bg) m (kravar), говедар (bg) m (govedar)
Catalan: vaquer (ca) 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 (de) f, Viehhirte m, Viehhirt m, Viehhirtin f, Cowboy (de) m, Cowgirl (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: βουκόλος m (boukólos)
Hungarian: gulyás (hu), marhapásztor (hu)
Ingrian: lehmäpaimen, lehmuri
Irish: buachaill bó m, aoire bó m
Italian: vaccaio m, mandriano (it) m, bovaro (it) m
Japanese: 牛飼い (ja) (うしかい, ushi-kai)
Latin: bubulcus m, vaccārius m
Macedonian: кравар m (kravar), говедар m (govedar)
Mazanderani: گالش (gâleš)
Middle English: couherde
Norman: vachi m
Occitan: vaquièr (oc) m
Old English: cūhierde m
Persian: گاوچران (fa)
Portuguese: vaqueiro (pt) m
Romanian: văcar (ro) m, boar (ro) m
Russian: пасту́х (ru) m (pastúx), ско́тник (ru) m (skótnik)
Sanskrit: गोपाल (sa) m (gopāla)
Sardinian: boinarzu m, boinàgiu m, boinàrgiu m
Sicilian: mandriotu (scn) m, vaccaru m
Spanish: vaquero (es) m
Swedish: koherde
Venetian: boaro m, boar, boer

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