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.