On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Swineherd. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as pigman or herder and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Swineherd in a sentence
Swineherd meaning
A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
Using Swineherd
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
- Useful related words include: pigman, herder, herdsman, drover.
- In the example corpus, swineherd often appears in combinations such as: the swineherd, swineherd and, swineherd gurth.
Context around Swineherd
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swineherd
- In this selection, "swineherd" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gurth and eubuleus stand out and add context to how "swineherd" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the swineherd eubuleus saw and as a swineherd during this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swineherd" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swineherd
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And, for my part, I would rather be a camel-driver in Africa than a swineherd in Castile. (18 words)
The palmer then assists in Isaac's escape from Rotherwood, with the additional aid of the swineherd Gurth. (18 words)
The swineherd Gurth, who had served Ivanhoe as squire at the tournament and who was recaptured by Cedric when Ivanhoe was identified, manages to escape. (25 words)
Before Persephone was abducted by Hades, the shepherd Eumolpus and the swineherd Eubuleus saw a girl in a black chariot driven by an invisible driver being carried off into the earth which had violently opened up. (36 words)
The tablet contains 13 verses from Book 14 of the poem, in which Odysseus has returned to his home of Ithaca disguised as a beggar, and he meets Eumaeus, a swineherd and once his slave. (35 words)
There are various legends associating Anthony with pigs : one is that he worked as a swineherd during this period. citation Anthony is sometimes considered the first monk,sfn but there were others before him. (34 words)
Example sentences (8)
The tablet contains 13 verses from Book 14 of the poem, in which Odysseus has returned to his home of Ithaca disguised as a beggar, and he meets Eumaeus, a swineherd and once his slave.
And, for my part, I would rather be a camel-driver in Africa than a swineherd in Castile.
Before Persephone was abducted by Hades, the shepherd Eumolpus and the swineherd Eubuleus saw a girl in a black chariot driven by an invisible driver being carried off into the earth which had violently opened up.
Having done so, he proceeds to slaughter the suitors (beginning with Antinous whom he finds drinking from Odysseus' cup) with help from Telemachus and Odysseus' servants Eumaeus the swineherd and Philoetius the cowherd.
In the original myth which is an etiology for the ancient rites, Eubuleus was a swineherd who was feeding his pigs at the opening to the underworld when Persephone was abducted by Plouton.
The palmer then assists in Isaac's escape from Rotherwood, with the additional aid of the swineherd Gurth.
There are various legends associating Anthony with pigs : one is that he worked as a swineherd during this period. citation Anthony is sometimes considered the first monk,sfn but there were others before him.
The swineherd Gurth, who had served Ivanhoe as squire at the tournament and who was recaptured by Cedric when Ivanhoe was identified, manages to escape.
Common combinations with swineherd
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: