Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who tends swans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who tends or marks swans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who tends, herds, takes care of or looks after
swans , akeeper of swans.
Etymologies
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1475-85, swan + herd = "swanherder"
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Examples
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Mercy and Helen were the geese in the Burridge Academy swanherd.
Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999
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''They caused a huge amount of damage on a regular basis,'' said swanherd Dave Wheeler.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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