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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.

 

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