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Recent Examples of shepherdess
There’s also an impressive 1836 drawing of a young shepherdess by Jules Dupre, acquired by the museum in 2009 as part of a bequest from collector Muriel Butkin.
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Steven Litt, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
And Angela Chatelain Avila entertainingly plays most of the play’s female roles, including the neighbor’s gentle-natured wife Beryl, a boy servant, a maid and a shepherdess.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
Upon being discovered, the Chilean is taken prisoner but his life is spared when it is revealed that the shepherdess is expecting his child.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
The Queen was—and will remain—a shepherdess of Britishness: someone to lead the way.
—John Galliano, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2022
Set in Peru’s Andes, Margarita, a shepherdess, comes upon a dying Chilean soldier who has escaped from a battle.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
The third title follows Lucija, a mountain shepherdess who waits for her boyfriend to help her bring her cows down to the valley.
—Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 23 May 2022
Westwood said her collection was inspired by Boucher’s Daphnis and Chloe, a painting based upon the ancient Greek tale of a shepherd and shepherdess who fall in love without knowing what love is.
—Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2021
The painting depicts a young shepherdess kneeling in prayer side-by-side with an angel before the Lady Madonna.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
Steven Litt, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
And Angela Chatelain Avila entertainingly plays most of the play’s female roles, including the neighbor’s gentle-natured wife Beryl, a boy servant, a maid and a shepherdess.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
Upon being discovered, the Chilean is taken prisoner but his life is spared when it is revealed that the shepherdess is expecting his child.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
The Queen was—and will remain—a shepherdess of Britishness: someone to lead the way.
—John Galliano, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2022
Set in Peru’s Andes, Margarita, a shepherdess, comes upon a dying Chilean soldier who has escaped from a battle.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
The third title follows Lucija, a mountain shepherdess who waits for her boyfriend to help her bring her cows down to the valley.
—Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 23 May 2022
Westwood said her collection was inspired by Boucher’s Daphnis and Chloe, a painting based upon the ancient Greek tale of a shepherd and shepherdess who fall in love without knowing what love is.
—Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2021
The painting depicts a young shepherdess kneeling in prayer side-by-side with an angel before the Lady Madonna.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherdess
Noun
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Beverly Hills police officer Jay Broyles, then a 20-year veteran, patrolled the neighborhood in a black-and-white cruiser with his longtime K-9 partner Boss, a German shepherd.—
Scott Huver,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Dogs with double-coated fur, like huskies or German shepherds, shed heavily and need regular brushing, but should not be shaved.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Interviews with sheepherders were conducted in Spanish through an interpreter.—
Ian Max Stevenson,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Jan. 2025
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For sheepherders living in Idaho, mountainous distances are all part of a day’s work.—
Ian Max Stevenson,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Western trend that swept denim fashion in 2024 flung the cowboy fit back into the spotlight.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2025
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There’s a warmth and a patina to Alief that Navis wanted to stress as a home base, but also some genuine cowboy, Southwest aesthetic that was part of the fun of other environments Mo ends up in.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In Mathura, a northern city where Krishna is said to have been born, people recreate a Hindu myth in which Krishna visits Radha to romance her, and her cowherd friends, taking offense at his advances, drive him out with sticks.—
Hari Kumar,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The girl and the cowherd are separated by a celestial river, but are able to be together one day a year when a flock of magpies forms a bridge over it.—
Gia Kourlas,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2024
Noun
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The French- and Corsican-language drama centers on Joseph, one of the last goatherds on the Corsican coastline, who receives a visit from the Mafia.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2024
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Marcello, perhaps the wealthiest of all goatherds and on his way to becoming Emily's new boyfriend, lives near Rome.—
Ursula Schmied,
Glamour,
17 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The term Cowboy became widely popular for the trade and subsequently was whitewashed to then exclude Black cowhands from the history books.—
Stephanie Tharpe,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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Houston is also home to the rodeo, the country’s oldest Black trail ride, and Black cowboy culture — in 1800s Texas, one in four cowhands were Black.—
Maria Sherman,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Bella Hadid has returned from playing the starring role in Rodeo and Juliet–a sort of real-life rom-com where an international supermodel falls in love with a simple Texan cowman and realizes there is a life beyond New York, London, Paris and Milan–and is (more importantly) back in capri pants.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
2 May 2024
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McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2022
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But, of course, no Hadid look is complete without some serious cowgirl energy.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2025
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Cowboy boots + denim shorts + graphic tee The ultimate cowgirl uniform, made more interesting with a pair of eye-catching boots.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Shepherdess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shepherdess. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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