goatherd

[ goht-hurd ]

/ ˈgoʊtˌhɜrd /

a person who tends goats.

Origin of goatherd

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gāthyrde. See goat, herd²

He was the son of God and of Coronis, and was guarded by a goatherd.

The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. |Annie Besant
He still possessed a few drachmas, and with these he could purchase what he needed from the wife and daughter of the goatherd.

Homo Sum, Complete |Georg Ebers
It was Melanthius, his own goatherd, who was bringing the best of his flock to make savoury meat for the wooers.

Stories from the Odyssey |H. L. Havell
Maybe he has slipped down some of those muddy ravines that the goatherd told about.

The Little Colonel's Hero |Annie Fellows Johnston

It was grey morning when they came to a goatherd's hut at the top of the green valley.

Joan of the Sword Hand |S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett

goatherd

/ (ˈɡəʊtˌhɜːd) /

a person employed to tend or herd goats