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Webster 1913 Edition

Shepherdess

Shep′herd-ess

,

Noun.

A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.

She put herself into the garb of a

shepherdess

.

Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shepherdess

SHEP'HERDESS

,

Noun.

A woman that tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.

She put herself into the garb of a sheperdess. Sidney.