shepherdess Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a woman shepherd
  2. verb watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
    shepherd.
  3. verb tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
    shepherd.

WordNet

Shep"herd*ess noun
Definitions
  1. A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.
    She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1913