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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English hoggeherde; equivalent to hog + herd.
Noun
hogherd (plural hogherds)
- A person who looks after pigs; a swineherd.
Related terms
Translations
person who looks after hogs
References
- “hogherd”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “hogherd”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.