pastor
Meaning
- (masculine) herdsman; herder (someone who tends livestock)
- (masculine) shepherd (someone who tends sheep)
- (masculine) herding dog (any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock)
- (abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,masculine) herding dog (any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock)
- (figuratively,masculine) shepherd (one who watches over or guides others)
- (masculine) the chief clergyman of a Protestant congregation: a pastor, minister or parson
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pas‧tor
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pasˈtoʁ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.
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