shepherdess
nounHow many syllables in shepherdess?
There are 3 syllables in the word shepherdess.How to pronounce shepherdess:
Definition of shepherdess:
- shepherdess (noun):
- a rural girl or woman
- noun. a woman shepherd.
- a woman or girl who tends sheep
Synonyms for shepherdess:
buckaroo
buckeroo
cowboy
cowgirl
cowhand
cowherd
cowman
cowpoke
cowpuncher
gaucho
goatherd
herder
herdsman
ranchero
sheepherder
sheepman
shepherd
swineherd
vaquero
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- senator
- semester
- selena
- segmenting
- secureness
- secretion
- scuppernong
- screwdriver
- scraggedly
- scorpion
- schutzstaffel
- schrodinger
- schadenfreude
- scavenging
- scarcity
- scandalous
- scandalised
- scallion
- sawyer
- savouring
- sausages
- sauerkraut
- satya
- satiation
- sapphira
- sapota
- santino
- santana
- saniya
- sangria
- samiyah
- samia
- salvador
- sahibah
- sadventure
- sadistic
- sadhana
- sadducees
- sabotaged
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