pastor Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
curate; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
noun only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
subgenus Pastor.

L., fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Cf. Pabulum, Pasture, Food.

A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.
A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.
(Zoöl.) A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.