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# goatherd

«goatherd» in Mova's school dictionary: **to look after a group of goats, usually taking them out…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a goatherd, goatherds)

### meaning for a pupil

A person whose job is to look after a group of goats, usually taking them out to graze in the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, fairy tales and Bible lessons goatherds and shepherds live simple lives looking after animals; in «Heidi» the goatherd Peter takes the goats up the Alps. In history and geography it shows farming in mountains. Phrases: a young goatherd, the goatherd's hut.

### examples

- Peter the goatherd led the goats up the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#x1)
- The goatherd whistled to bring the goats home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#x2)
- In the story, the goatherd found a lost princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#x3)
- A goatherd in Greece showed us his flock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#x4)
- The goatherd slept in a small stone hut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#x5)
- The lonely goatherd sang in the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#x6)
- The Goatherd tried to call it back, but in vain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/#x7)

### note

One word: goat + herd. Pronounced GOHT-herd. «Herd» here means a person who looks after animals, as in shepherd (a sheep herd). Not to be confused with «goat herd» (two words: a group of goats).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goatherd» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatherd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.