Shepherd vs. Terrier

Shepherdnoun

A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

Shepherdnoun

(figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.

Shepherdnoun

(figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.

Shepherdnoun

(poetic) A swain; a rustic male lover.

Shepherdverb

To watch over; to guide

Shepherdverb

(Australian rules football) For a player to obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.

Shepherdnoun

A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

Shepherdnoun

The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.

Shepherdverb

To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.

Shepherdnoun

a clergyman who watches over a group of people

Shepherdnoun

a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

Shepherdverb

watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

Shepherdverb

tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

Shepherdnoun

a person who tends and rears sheep.

Shepherdnoun

a member of the clergy who provides spiritual care and guidance for a congregation.

Shepherdverb

tend (sheep) as a shepherd.

Shepherdverb

give guidance to (someone), especially on spiritual matters

Shepherdverb

guide or direct in a particular direction

Shepherd

A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards herds of sheep. Shepherd derives from Old English sceaphierde (sceap 'sheep' + hierde 'herder').

Terriernoun

A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).

Terriernoun

A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.

Terriernoun

(legal) An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.

Terriernoun

An auger or borer.

Terriernoun

An auger or borer.

Terriernoun

One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.

Terriernoun

Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like.

Terriernoun

any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

Terrier

Terrier (from the French word terrier [tɛʁje], meaning ) is a type of dog originally bred to hunt vermin. A terrier is a dog of any one of many breeds or landraces of the terrier type, which are typically small, wiry, game, and fearless.