the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who tends goats.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One whose occupation is the care of goats.
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n. a person who tends a flock of goats
Word Usage
"His mother, whose real name was Brigitta, was always called the goatherd's wife, for the sake of old association, while the blind grandmother was just "grandmother" to all the old and young in the neighborhood."