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shepherdess definition

shep·herd·ess (s̸hep′ər dis)

noun

a girl or woman shepherd, esp. as a stock character in pastoral poetry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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