herdess

noun

noun

Etymology From herd + -ess.

A shepherdess; a female herder.

She is the herdess fair that shines in dark, And gives her kids no food, but willows barka. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

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