Word Meanings - SWINEHERD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A keeper of swine.
Related words: (words related to SWINEHERD)
- SWINEBREAD
The truffle. - SWINEHERD
A keeper of swine. - SWINECOTE
A hogsty. - SWINECASE
A hogsty. - SWINESTONE
See STINKSTONE - SWINE-POX
A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys. - KEEPER
1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of - SWINEFISH
The wolf fish. - SWINERY
See PIGGERY - KEEPERSHIP
The office or position of a keeper. Carew. - SWINEPIPE
The European redwing. - SWINE
Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. - SWINECRUE
A hogsty. - SWINESTY
A sty, or pen, for swine. - OUTKEEPER
An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining. - INNKEEPER
An innholder. - POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
The keeper of a pound. - CROWKEEPER
A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak. - BOOKKEEPER
One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office. - SHOPKEEPER
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison. - HOUSEKEEPER
1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants - DOORKEEPER
One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor. - BARKEEPER
One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors. - GAMEKEEPER
One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. Blackstone.