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Noun: shepherdess  she-pu(r)-dis or ,she-pu(r)d'es
  1. A woman shepherd
    "The shepherdess watched over her flock in the rolling hills of the countryside"

Derived forms: shepherdesses

Type of: adult female, sheepherder, shepherd, woman

Encyclopedia: Shepherdess